From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
smueller@chronox.de, sandyinchina@gmail.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org,
jason@lakedaemon.net, jsd@av8n.com, hpa@zytor.com,
andi@firstfloor.org
Subject: Re: random(4) changes
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:47:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160426204709.GH13997@two.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160426110415.GA19340@gondor.apana.org.au>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-26 20:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-22 22:27 random(4) changes Sandy Harris
2016-04-23 7:52 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-04-24 2:03 ` Theodore Ts'o
2016-04-24 8:03 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-04-26 3:07 ` Theodore Ts'o
2016-04-26 11:04 ` Herbert Xu
2016-04-26 20:47 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2016-04-27 4:23 ` Herbert Xu
2016-04-26 18:24 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-04-26 18:44 ` Pavel Machek
2016-04-26 18:55 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-04-26 19:41 ` Pavel Machek
2016-04-25 16:06 ` Andi Kleen
2016-04-25 17:25 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-04-25 17:38 ` Andi Kleen
2016-04-25 17:56 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-04-25 19:35 ` Andi Kleen
2016-04-26 12:01 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-04-27 17:47 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-04-26 1:00 ` Theodore Ts'o
2016-04-26 12:42 ` Sandy Harris
[not found] <5279345.Lo7T948V4W@positron.chronox.de>
2016-04-26 20:43 ` George Spelvin
2016-04-26 21:01 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-04-27 0:23 ` George Spelvin
2016-04-27 18:03 ` George Spelvin
2016-04-28 20:15 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-04-29 7:29 ` George Spelvin
2016-04-29 8:02 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-04-29 9:34 ` George Spelvin
2016-04-29 9:53 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-04-29 11:04 ` George Spelvin
2016-04-29 11:18 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-04-29 18:02 ` George Spelvin
2016-04-29 18:41 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-04-29 20:08 ` George Spelvin
2016-04-29 21:54 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-04-29 22:32 ` George Spelvin
2016-04-29 0:47 ` George Spelvin
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