From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EF7DEBA21; Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:31:55 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773509516; cv=none; b=AlaVxQSUkquRSpgK9J3TZNoV6JgpG+DmUEejY5Af/F5YahnkLyOQIH8DQQKvlokQZTgiLNIVaEPIZQG4Yn05EIubElQstSHFdlBN8PwhNWi+S6iksN6FUVrQH/QNs98XfoUc3EYguK8aIjo460wyTF093gZvE4jdShc29INVCJY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773509516; c=relaxed/simple; bh=IAXLSHLD6HNyjuhhwieO2BteA4MYMrah3sfxcnvOzkE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=iwP6DeAcxMnV2rscQxPcl/4n8c/YuCLPFnarZfjUK0EbWktrFFCb0AIqqA8xqVh5w1xNcvwzeF0zxKdwcW4Xtmh5UyJXCaj2l0q6K5U4IJMYw0GIps4YP8k2iRMjlSWjPsfbqVGw0rcGPZ5RguE7Jrdc5zef+6EJ+X1Lq9VRPXM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=R4PwKIXh; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="R4PwKIXh" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3F8A0C116C6; Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:31:55 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1773509515; bh=IAXLSHLD6HNyjuhhwieO2BteA4MYMrah3sfxcnvOzkE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=R4PwKIXh4wvTWlYTnIfuPq+qwZLyoZfebuO9LruzDhQLQlFVmtdEhPmFmCAn7hWfy mU3mHJxhsAsFaLNy6j4gUM/Leqy+mocb3vmFdrNpWXwQhdw5k3LgNYK2uPxg/uAvhw s1S7ovj7PmxggyOlLn2AXRXpcZaDs2vtEmlrVSkfqG/ThDAMGNGsaC7Ol+icxQ7d6u wPmfPivrHdSSBln6J6KE2kElz+jCG8cCqUAYy1UhWOY6u4s0ThI5hsjGtJVHOQB1+G r8PZlfPfg0jhySdGR3FQ/Vq/NAldlFZP9+f+ZMgTsLx8Ywd37Hyu6VPD3YAQYxbWX8 LfPbv+jwEHMAg== From: Eric Biggers To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel , Geert Uytterhoeven , Eric Biggers Subject: [PATCH] crypto: crc32c - Remove more outdated usage information Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:31:30 -0700 Message-ID: <20260314173130.16683-1-ebiggers@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Remove information from the crypto/crc32c.c file comment that is no longer applicable now that nearly all users of CRC-32C are simply using the crc32c() library function instead. This continues the cleanup from commit 0ef6eb10f2e0 ("crypto: Clean up help text for CRYPTO_CRC32C"). Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers --- This patch is targeting crc-next. crypto/crc32c.c | 14 +------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/crypto/crc32c.c b/crypto/crc32c.c index 1eff54dde2f74..c6c9c727b25b4 100644 --- a/crypto/crc32c.c +++ b/crypto/crc32c.c @@ -1,10 +1,8 @@ // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later /* - * Cryptographic API. - * - * CRC32C chksum + * crypto_shash support for CRC-32C * *@Article{castagnoli-crc, * author = { Guy Castagnoli and Stefan Braeuer and Martin Herrman}, * title = {{Optimization of Cyclic Redundancy-Check Codes with 24 * and 32 Parity Bits}}, @@ -13,20 +11,10 @@ * volume = {41}, * number = {6}, * pages = {}, * month = {June}, *} - * Used by the iSCSI driver, possibly others, and derived from - * the iscsi-crc.c module of the linux-iscsi driver at - * http://linux-iscsi.sourceforge.net. - * - * Following the example of lib/crc32, this function is intended to be - * flexible and useful for all users. Modules that currently have their - * own crc32c, but hopefully may be able to use this one are: - * net/sctp (please add all your doco to here if you change to - * use this one!) - * * * Copyright (c) 2004 Cisco Systems, Inc. * Copyright (c) 2008 Herbert Xu */ base-commit: c13cee2fc7f137dd25ed50c63eddcc578624f204 -- 2.53.0