Re: [PATCH v7] lib/crypto: blake2s: include as built-in

[Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>]

On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 01:31:52PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> In preparation for using blake2s in the RNG, we change the way that it
> is wired-in to the build system. Instead of using ifdefs to select the
> right symbol, we use weak symbols. And because ARM doesn't need the
> generic implementation, we make the generic one default only if an arch
> library doesn't need it already, and then have arch libraries that do
> need it opt-in. So that the arch libraries can remain tristate rather
> than bool, we then split the shash part from the glue code.
> 
> Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
> Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
> ---
> Herbert - As discussed, I still intend to take this via the
> crng/random.git tree because it forms a dependency, and I'd like to send
> a pull very early in the 5.17 cycle. I've taken some care to minimize
> changes to the {arch/*/}crypto/Kconfig files, as you mentioned this
> might cause some conflicts. Your tree should work cleanly on top of this
> commit.

Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>

> Changes v6->v7:
> - Split arch shash implementations out from the glue code, so that they
>   can remain as tristates, and we thus don't need to touch
>   arch/*/crypto/Kconfig at all.

This looks good to me although I confess that I haven't actually
tried to build it :) Hopefully the build robots will take care of
this.

Thanks,
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