netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 02/17] zinc: introduce minimal cryptography library

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Date:   Wed, 12 Sep 2018 01:30:15 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Andrew Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Samuel Neves <sneves@....uc.pt>,
        Jean-Philippe Aumasson <jeanphilippe.aumasson@...il.com>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 02/17] zinc: introduce minimal cryptography
 library

On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 04:02:52PM -0600, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 3:47 PM Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org> wrote:
> > Of course, the real problem is that even after multiple revisions of this
> > patchset, there's still no actual conversions of the existing crypto API
> > algorithms over to use the new implementations.  "Zinc" is still completely
> > separate from the existing crypto API.
> 
> No this is not, "the real problem [...] after multiple revisions"
> because I've offered to do this and stated pretty clearly my intent to
> do so. But, as I've mentioned before, I'd really prefer to land this
> series through net-next

Hi Jason

Just as an FYI:

1) I don't think anybody in netdev has taken a serious look at the
network code yet. There is little point until the controversial part
of the code, Zinc, has been sorted out.

2) I personally would be surprised if DaveM took this code without
having an Acked-by from the crypto subsystem people. In the same way,
i doubt the crypto people would take an Ethernet driver without having
DaveM's Acked-by.

       Andrew