netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] esp: select CRYPTO

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Date:   Mon, 8 Jun 2020 16:23:42 +1000
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        Corentin Labbe <clabbe@...libre.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] esp: select CRYPTO_SEQIV when useful

On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 11:00:23AM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
>
> Oops, this doesn't actually work:
> 
> scripts/kconfig/conf  --olddefconfig Kconfig
> crypto/Kconfig:1799:error: recursive dependency detected!
> crypto/Kconfig:1799:	symbol CRYPTO_DRBG_MENU is selected by CRYPTO_RNG_DEFAULT
> crypto/Kconfig:83:	symbol CRYPTO_RNG_DEFAULT is selected by CRYPTO_SEQIV
> crypto/Kconfig:330:	symbol CRYPTO_SEQIV is selected by CRYPTO_CTR
> crypto/Kconfig:370:	symbol CRYPTO_CTR is selected by CRYPTO_DRBG_CTR
> crypto/Kconfig:1819:	symbol CRYPTO_DRBG_CTR depends on CRYPTO_DRBG_MENU
> For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst
> subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"
> 
> I guess we need to go with v1 (which just had 'select CRYPTO_SEQIV'),
> or else make users explicitly select CRYPTO_SEQIV?

OK, let's just go with the unconditional select on SEQIV since
Steffen recommended RFC8221 which lists GCM and CBC as MUST and
GCM requires SEQIV to work.

Thanks,
-- 
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