linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] dm crypt: switch to EBOIV crypto API template

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Message-ID: <20201029035419.GA19506@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Thu, 29 Oct 2020 14:54:20 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
Cc:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        Milan Broz <gmazyland@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>,
        device-mapper development <dm-devel@...hat.com>,
        Song Liu <song@...nel.org>, Ofir Drang <ofir.drang@....com>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-raid@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] dm crypt: switch to EBOIV crypto API template

On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 01:41:28PM +0200, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
>
> Sorry if I'm being daft, but what did you refer to be "an existing
> option"? there was no CONFIG_EBOIV before my patchset, it was simply
> built as part of dm-crypt so it seems that setting CONFIG_EBOIV
> default to dm-crypto Kconfig option value does solves the problem, or
> have I missed something?

Oh I'm mistaken then.  I thought it was an existing option.  If
it's a new option then a default depending on dm-crypt should be
sufficient.

Thanks,
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