linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: infiniband: sw: rxe: fix kconfig dependency on CRYPTO

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Date:   Tue, 23 Feb 2021 22:26:44 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
To:     Julian Braha <julianbraha@...il.com>
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Zhu Yanjun <zyjzyj2000@...il.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        RDMA mailing list <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: infiniband: sw: rxe: fix kconfig dependency on CRYPTO

On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 9:46 PM Julian Braha <julianbraha@...il.com> wrote:
>
> I have other similar patches that I intend to submit. What should I do,
> going forward? Should I use "depends on CRYPTO" for cases like these?
> Should I resubmit this patch with that change?

No, we should not mix the two methods, that just leads to circular dependencies.

How many more patches do you have that need to get merged?

If it's only a few, I'd suggest merging them first before we consider a
broader change. If the problem is very common, we may want to
think about alternative approaches first, and then change everything
at once.

       Arnd