linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/15] crypto: arm - remove CRYPTO dependency of library functions

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Message-ID: <20250418033236.GB38960@quark.localdomain>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:32:36 -0700
From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc: linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/15] crypto: arm - remove CRYPTO dependency of library
 functions

On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 11:12:33AM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > config CRYPTO_CURVE25519_NEON
> >        tristate
> > -       depends on KERNEL_MODE_NEON
> > +       depends on CRYPTO && KERNEL_MODE_NEON
> 
> Rather than adding CRYPTO to each symbol, how about grouping all
> the CRYPTO symbols together under one if statement?

I don't think that would be better.  The 'if' would be up to 400 lines long, and
it would be easy for people to miss the context when editing the file.

- Eric