linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 34/46] crypto: xts

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Date:   Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:04:17 +0000
From:   alexander.levin@...izon.com
To:     Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk>
CC:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Milan Broz <gmazyland@...il.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 34/46] crypto: xts - Add ECB dependency

On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 08:40:53PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>On Thu, 2017-10-19 at 15:49 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> 4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me
>> know.
>>
>> ------------------
>>
>> From: Milan Broz <gmazyland@...il.com>
>>
>>
>> [ Upstream commit 12cb3a1c4184f891d965d1f39f8cfcc9ef617647 ]
>>
>> Since the
>>    commit f1c131b45410a202eb45cc55980a7a9e4e4b4f40
>>    crypto: xts - Convert to skcipher
>
>That commit went into 4.10, and not any stable branches.  So this fix
>doesn't appear to be appropriate for the older branches it was applied
>to.

I'll send a revert along with my next pull request. Thanks Ben!

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Thanks,
Sasha