Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Convert fs/verity/ to use SHA-2 library API

[Eric Biggers via Linux-f2fs-devel <linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>]

On Wed, Jul 09, 2025 at 12:26:50PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 10:22:22AM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > This series, including all its prerequisites, is also available at:
> > 
> >     git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/linux.git fsverity-libcrypto-v1
> > 
> > This series makes fs/verity/ use the SHA-2 library API instead of the
> > old-school crypto API.  This is simpler and more efficient.
> > 
> > This depends on my SHA-2 library improvements for 6.17 (many patches),
> > so this patchset might need to wait until 6.18.  But I'm also thinking
> > about just basing the fsverity tree on libcrypto-next for 6.17.
> > 
> > Eric Biggers (2):
> >   lib/crypto: hash_info: Move hash_info.c into lib/crypto/
> >   fsverity: Switch from crypto_shash to SHA-2 library
> 
> FYI, I've applied this series to
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/linux.git/log/?h=libcrypto-next
> so that it gets linux-next coverage.
> 
> As mentioned, it depends on the SHA-256 and SHA-512 improvements in
> lib/crypto/.  But Linus has also expressed a preference to not put too
> much in one pull request.
> 
> My current plan is to do 3 pull requests:
> 
>     1. "Crypto library updates" - most patches, mainly SHA-256 and
>        SHA-512 library improvements
> 
>     2. "Crypto library tests" - based on (1) but adds:
>         lib/crypto: tests: Add hash-test-template.h and gen-hash-testvecs.py
>         lib/crypto: tests: Add KUnit tests for SHA-224 and SHA-256
>         lib/crypto: tests: Add KUnit tests for SHA-384 and SHA-512
>         lib/crypto: tests: Add KUnit tests for Poly1305
> 
>     3. "Crypto library conversions" - based on (1) but adds:
>         apparmor: use SHA-256 library API instead of crypto_shash API
>         fsverity: Explicitly include <linux/export.h>
>         fsverity: Switch from crypto_shash to SHA-2 library
> 
> I'll put all of these in libcrypto-next for linux-next coverage, but (3)
> will have a slightly different base commit in the final version.

Correction: everything can have the same commit ID in libcrypto-next as
in the final pull requests, if I put (2) and (3) on their own branches
and merge them together.  I've done that.

- Eric


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