Re: random(4) changes

Andi Kleen
2016-04-26T20:47:15Z

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 07:04:15PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Yet another difference which I've noticed as I've been going over the
> > patches is that that since it relies on CRYPTO_DRBG, it drags in a
> > fairly large portion of the crypto subsystem, and requires it to be
> > compiled into the kernel (instead of being loaded as needed as a
> > module). So the people who are worrying about keeping the kernel on a
> > diet aren't going to be particularly happy about this.
>
> As the IPv4 stack now selects CRYPTO_AES, the crypto system will
> be pulled into your kernel anyway unless you can live without IPv4.

I posted patches to fix this. At some point it definitely has to be.

-Andi