linux-kernel - Re: Crypto Update for 2.6.28

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Date:	Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:47:29 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"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 2.6.28

On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 02:32:28PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> Can't we just get rid of that stupid testing infrastructure, or make it a 
> module-only thing? I refuse to pull a 1000+ line patch for something like 
> this, especially this late. It's insane.

Well the testing infrastructure simply flagged a problem that
was always there.  Previously if something used AES early enough
it would silently give the wrong result instead.  Of course this
is fairly unlikely since the number of AES users is limited.

Now that the testing infrastructure is available, we could just
do nothing for 2.6.28 since the C AES version will always be there
and work correctly.

Thanks,
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