From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] KEYS: Replace assoc_array with rhashtable
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 17:08:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <au3teLK-KHmBW6Wo@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <27015846-0161-4700-b810-4643e1f7b63a@suse.de>
On Fri, Nov 06, 2026 at 09:21:32AM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> reason why siphash has been chosen?
> Would there be a chance to make this configurable?
> I do see slight complications when running in secure environments
> (ie FIPS-certified environments) where most of the hash functions
> might not be available ...
SipHash came originall along with [1].
If we retracted back a step back i.e., use the assigned indices then the
security properties of SipHash would not be relevant.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hannes
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[1] https://lore.kernel.org/keyrings/20261013231251.56170-1-kylebot@openai.com/
Br, Jarkko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-06 15:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-05 3:13 [PATCH v5 0/3] KEYS: Replace assoc_array with rhashtable Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-11-05 3:13 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] KEYS: Introduce keyring_is_empty() Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-11-05 3:14 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] KEYS: Replace assoc_array with rhashtable Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-11-06 8:21 ` Hannes Reinecke
2026-11-06 9:05 ` Eric Biggers
2026-11-06 13:02 ` Hannes Reinecke
2026-11-06 19:05 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-11-06 19:19 ` Eric Biggers
2026-11-06 19:30 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-11-06 19:41 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-11-08 20:05 ` David Laight
2026-11-06 15:08 ` Jarkko Sakkinen [this message]
2026-11-07 3:25 ` Eric Biggers
2026-11-07 12:44 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2026-11-05 3:14 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] lib: Remove assoc_array Jarkko Sakkinen
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