linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 05/17] zinc: ChaCha20 x86

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1809111021250.5110@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:22:47 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Samuel Neves <sneves@....uc.pt>,
        Jean-Philippe Aumasson <jeanphilippe.aumasson@...il.com>,
        Andy Polyakov <appro@...nssl.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 05/17] zinc: ChaCha20 x86_64 implementation

On Mon, 10 Sep 2018, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
>  lib/zinc/Makefile                        |    4 +
>  lib/zinc/chacha20/chacha20-x86_64-glue.h |  102 +
>  lib/zinc/chacha20/chacha20-x86_64.S      | 2632 ++++++++++++++++++++++

Just a stupid question. What's the rationale of putting that into lib/zinc
instead of having it in arch/x86/crypto?

Thanks,

	tglx