linux-kernel - Re: Crypto Update for 3.2

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Date:	Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:42:52 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Crypto Update for 3.2

On 10/30/2011 09:09 PM, Herbert Xu wrote:
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> Hi Linus:
> 
> Here is the crypto update for 3.2:
> 
> * User-space interface for algorithm selection/configuration
> * SSSE3 implementation of SHA1.
> * X86-64 assembly implementation of blowfish.
> * X86-64 assembly implementation of twofish.
> * Misc fixes.
> 
> 
> Please pull from
> 
> git://github.com/herbertx/crypto.git
> 
> 
> The top commit object is
> 
> 	commit ea8bdfcff17599e5d80f93e2ae194fbbab7f8d5e
> 	Author: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> 	Date:   Wed Oct 26 17:15:10 2011 +0200
> 
> 	    crypto: user - Add dependency on NET


> Herbert Xu (4):
>       crypto: sha - Fix build error due to crypto_sha1_update
>       crypto: cryptd - Use subsys_initcall to prevent races with aesni
>       crypto: user - Initialise match in crypto_alg_match
>       crypto: user - Add dependency on NET

Actually adds "select NET", a reverse dependency.  :(

Linus was quite vocal about not allowing MD to select BLOCK.
See https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/8/10/527
and https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/8/10/533

To me this is very similar.

-- 
~Randy
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