linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] zinc chacha20 generic implementation using crypto API code

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Date:   Tue, 20 Nov 2018 11:06:35 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paul Crowley <paulcrowley@...gle.com>,
        Greg Kaiser <gkaiser@...gle.com>,
        Samuel Neves <samuel.c.p.neves@...il.com>,
        Tomer Ashur <tomer.ashur@...t.kuleuven.be>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] zinc chacha20 generic implementation using crypto
 API code

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 02:54:15PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
>
> > I think the remaining issue right now is how to order my series and
> > Eric's series. If Eric's goes in first, it means that I can either a)
> > spend some time developing Zinc further _now_ to support chacha12 and
> > keep the top two conversion patches, or b) just drop the top two
> > conversion patches and work that out carefully with Eric after. I
> > think (b) would be better, but I'm happy to do (a) if you disagree.
> > And as I mentioned in the last email, I'd prefer Eric's work to go in
> > after Zinc, but I don't think the reasoning for that is particularly
> > strong, so it seems fine to merge Eric's work first.
> > 
> > I'll post v9 pretty soon and you can see how things are shaping up.
> > Hopefully before then Eric/Ard/you can provide some feedback on
> > whether you'd prefer (a) or (b) above.
> > 
> 
> I'd still prefer to see the conversion patches included.  Skipping them would be
> kicking the can down the road and avoiding issues that will need to be addressed
> anyway.  Like you, I don't want a "half-baked concoction that will be maybe
> possibly be replaced 'later'" :-)

Are you guys talking about the conversion patches to eliminate the
two copies of chacha code that would otherwise exist in crypto as
well as in zinc?

If so I think that's not negotiable.  Having two copies of the same
code is just not acceptable.

Cheers,
-- 
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