netdev - Re: [PATCH] mac80211: aead api to reduce redundancy

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Date:   Sun, 24 Sep 2017 17:05:31 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Xiang Gao <qasdfgtyuiop@...il.com>, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
        davem@...emloft.net, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: aead api to reduce redundancy

On Sun, 2017-09-24 at 01:40 -0400, Xiang Gao wrote:
> Currently, the aes_ccm.c and aes_gcm.c are almost line by line
> copy of each other. This patch reduce code redundancy by moving
> the code in these two files to crypto/aead_api.c to make it a
> higher level aead api. The aes_ccm.c and aes_gcm.c are removed
> and all the functions are now implemented in their headers using
> the newly added aead api.
> 
No objection from me, though I'd ask you to respin with the indentation
fixed up a bit.

johannes