linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: public_key: select CRYPTO

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Date:	Wed, 18 May 2016 16:56:32 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>,
	keyrings@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: public_key: select CRYPTO_AKCIPHER2

On Wednesday 18 May 2016 22:50:31 Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 04:12:44PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > In some rare randconfig builds, we can end up with
> > ASYMMETRIC_PUBLIC_KEY_SUBTYPE enabled but CRYPTO_AKCIPHER2 disabled,
> > which fails to link because of the reference to crypto_alloc_akcipher:
> 
> This symbol is not meant to be selected by crypto users.  Please
> select CRYPTO_AKCIPHER instead.
> 

Ok, sent a v2 now.

	Arnd