linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][trivial] crypto: tcrypt

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Message-ID: <49A55771.1050408@suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:36:33 +0100
From:	Frank Seidel <fseidel@...e.de>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>
Cc:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, Frank Seidel <frank@...eidel.de>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	nhorman@...driver.com, lho@...c.com, kaber@...sh.net,
	darrenrjenkins@...il.com, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][trivial] crypto: tcrypt - reduce stack size

Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Probably people should be reminded tcrypt can only be a module, not built-in,
> so it won't waste precious unswappable kernel memory if it's static.

Thats right, but it also doesn't hurt to simply use kmalloc, does it? :-)
I just stumbled over tcrypt on the make checkstack output and as also
the kerneljanitors todo advises to reduce this footprint where possible
i just wanted to help out here.

Thanks,
Frank
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