netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv4+ipv6: Make INET*_ESP select CRYPTO

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Message-Id: <20160125.104614.1095945891181570299.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:46:14 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:	hakke_007@....de, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv4+ipv6: Make INET*_ESP select CRYPTO_ECHAINIV

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 21:56:28 +0800

> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 12:58:44PM +0100, Thomas Egerer wrote:
>> The ESP algorithms using CBC mode require echainiv. Hence INET*_ESP have
>> to select CRYPTO_ECHAINIV in order to work properly. This solves the
>> issues caused by a misconfiguration as described in [1].
>> The original approach, patching crypto/Kconfig was turned down by
>> Herbert Xu [2].
>> 
>> [1] https://lists.strongswan.org/pipermail/users/2015-December/009074.html
>> [2] http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=145224655809562&w=2
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Egerer <hakke_007@....de>
> 
> Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

Applied, thanks.