linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 3/9] crypto: atmel-ecc - move curve_id of ECDH from the key to algorithm name

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Message-ID: <20210210045630.GA7510@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:56:30 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Meng Yu <yumeng18@...wei.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, marcel@...tmann.org, johan.hedberg@...il.com,
        luiz.dentz@...il.com, tudor.ambarus@...rochip.com,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, xuzaibo@...wei.com,
        wangzhou1@...ilicon.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 3/9] crypto: atmel-ecc - move curve_id of ECDH from
 the key to algorithm name

On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 05:38:51PM +0800, Meng Yu wrote:
> As curve id of ECDH will be moved from its key into algorithm name,
> we cannot use 'curve_id' in 'struct ecdh', so we should modify ECDH
> driver in atmel, and make ECDH algorithm name be the same as crypto
> (like 'ecdh-nist-pxxx');
> 
> Signed-off-by: Meng Yu <yumeng18@...wei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Zaibo Xu <xuzaibo@...wei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c | 14 +++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Patches 3-5 need to be squashed into one in order to avoid future
bisection failures.

The alternative is to let the new/old names coexist but it's probably
not worth it for this case as the number of drivers impacted is small.

Thanks,
-- 
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