From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-qk0-f173.google.com ([209.85.220.173]:33132 "EHLO mail-qk0-f173.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933511AbdCJKIp (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Mar 2017 05:08:45 -0500 Received: by mail-qk0-f173.google.com with SMTP id y76so160200529qkb.0 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2017 02:08:44 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] patches: update crypto-ccm.patch for v4.11-rc1 To: Johannes Berg References: <1489064253-3652-1-git-send-email-arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> <1489064253-3652-2-git-send-email-arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> <1489127672.3038.0.camel@sipsolutions.net> <1489139555.3038.4.camel@sipsolutions.net> Cc: backports@vger.kernel.org From: Arend Van Spriel Message-ID: <53b84dec-ea90-eb9d-6392-952a80e37589@broadcom.com> (sfid-20170310_110854_891001_B01336BD) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 11:08:41 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1489139555.3038.4.camel@sipsolutions.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: backports-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 10-3-2017 10:52, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Fri, 2017-03-10 at 10:49 +0100, Arend Van Spriel wrote: >> >> On 10-3-2017 7:34, Johannes Berg wrote: >>> On Thu, 2017-03-09 at 12:57 +0000, Arend van Spriel wrote: >>>> Since v4.11-rc1 the patch file for crypto/ccm.c, which is >>>> incorporated >>>> in the compat module, no longer applies. Update the patch file to >>>> fix >>>> the issue. >>> >>> I think I want to get rid of this ccm thing entirely, any >>> objections? >>> As I remember, it doesn't actually work properly anyway. >> >> No objection here. Does the same apply to skcipher stuff? > > I think so, but not sure. > >>> I suspect that if we really can't do anything else, we'd have to >>> provide a backport for all of crypto/, but I don't want to go there >>> and >>> would rather mandate that all the crypto things are enabled in the >>> base >>> kernel. >> >> But that can only work when crypto api in base kernel and backport >> kernel are the same, right? > > No, I meant adding all of crypto/ to copy-list and making sure *that* > works across kernels ... Understand. There seem to have been significant changes in crypto land making this a challenge. Still seems like right idea. Regards, Arend -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe backports" in