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Message-ID: <ZyX8yEqnjXjJ5itO@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2024 18:19:52 +0800
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	loongarch@...ts.linux.dev, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/18] crypto: crc32 - don't unnecessarily register
 arch algorithms

On Sat, Nov 02, 2024 at 10:58:53AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>
> At least btrfs supports a variety of checksums/hashes (crc32c, xxhash,
> sha) via the shash API.

OK, given that btrfs is still doing this, I think we should still
register crc32c-arch conditionally.  Having it point to crc32c-generic
is just confusing (at least if you use btrfs).

Thanks,
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