linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: public_key: select CRYPTO

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Date:	Thu, 19 May 2016 18:01:04 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
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 v2] crypto: public_key: select CRYPTO_AKCIPHER

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 04:55:56PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> In some rare randconfig builds, we can end up with
> ASYMMETRIC_PUBLIC_KEY_SUBTYPE enabled but CRYPTO_AKCIPHER disabled,
> which fails to link because of the reference to crypto_alloc_akcipher:
> 
> crypto/built-in.o: In function `public_key_verify_signature':
> :(.text+0x110e4): undefined reference to `crypto_alloc_akcipher'
> 
> This adds a Kconfig 'select' statement to ensure the dependency
> is always there.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Patch applied.  Thanks!
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