netdev - Re: IPsec AH use of ahash

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Date:	Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:30:49 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Tom St Denis <tstdenis@...iptictech.com>,
	David Dillow <dave@...dillows.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IPsec AH use of ahash

Look at it from the kernel end. What happens if your change shows up bugs on another architecture or has a flaw. It works for you now but you plan to dump and run. That's not a viable long term development model for upstream.

The licence allows you to do it, and other parties who care more to pick it up and run with it. Unless someone does however it's just a burden. If nobody wants it upstream enough better it stays out perhaps - if the call is wrong eventually other people will care enoug to share the work. If not you get to pick between doing the extra or re-porting your code to new releases 

Alan
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