From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FSL_HELO_FAKE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1AFBC67879 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2018 23:22:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 846652145D for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2018 23:22:54 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="MaiKBJnh" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 846652145D Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726600AbeJIGg6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2018 02:36:58 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:41832 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725759AbeJIGg6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2018 02:36:58 -0400 Received: from gmail.com (unknown [104.132.51.88]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 50E7120858; Mon, 8 Oct 2018 23:22:52 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1539040972; bh=qdybYHWnBlSt5nY9WNeRiOlAlu9N2ChVGVXSF3aEXEs=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=MaiKBJnhG1LzcMnFfBiG5+lrFydy2Fu5IHByP8CvckLeZmBe1VhrGe9PWJ+toK3kS IFA/aT92XtokroIjssEABeCntXRN8VU9LIJ4L1oIpiZagkEWXNgDUMn9d3/loXnlWF Ca+0UGs0IgDwzA9f9V/8KwP/MYXJ4kYOilxLkcFU= Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 16:22:51 -0700 From: Eric Biggers To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, Samuel Neves , Jean-Philippe Aumasson , Andy Lutomirski , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7 03/28] zinc: introduce minimal cryptography library Message-ID: <20181008232250.GB164708@gmail.com> References: <20181006025709.4019-1-Jason@zx2c4.com> <20181006025709.4019-4-Jason@zx2c4.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181006025709.4019-4-Jason@zx2c4.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Oct 06, 2018 at 04:56:44AM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > Zinc stands for "Zinc Is Neat Crypto" or "Zinc as IN Crypto". It's also > short, easy to type, and plays nicely with the recent trend of naming > crypto libraries after elements. The guiding principle is "don't overdo > it". It's less of a library and more of a directory tree for organizing > well-curated direct implementations of cryptography primitives. > As I've asked before: please Cc linux-crypto on the whole patch series, including the cover letter. - Eric