linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/smb: using crypto lib instead cifs

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Message-ID: <20231105193303.GA91123@sol.localdomain>
Date:   Sun, 5 Nov 2023 11:33:03 -0800
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     ronnie sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@...il.com>
Cc:     Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>, John Sanpe <sanpeqf@...il.com>,
        stfrench@...rosoft.com, linkinjeon@...nel.org, pc@...guebit.com,
        sprasad@...rosoft.com, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
        llvm@...ts.linux.dev, oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        samba-technical <samba-technical@...ts.samba.org>,
        Jeremy Allison <jra@...ba.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/smb: using crypto lib instead cifs_arc4

On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 05:42:11AM +1000, ronnie sahlberg wrote:
> You are right. The reason that arc4 and friend were moved into cifs
> was because the crypto guys told us "we will delete these algorithms
> from the crypto library"

This was suggested for md4 but not for arc4.  arc4 still has multiple users in
the kernel, so having it as a library makes sense.

- Eric