Re: [GIT PULL] NFSD changes for v6.18

Eric Biggers
2025-10-13T19:21:05Z

On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 12:15:52PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Chuck, Eric,
>
> On Wed, 8 Oct 2025 at 00:05, Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org> wrote:
> > Eric Biggers (4):
> > SUNRPC: Make RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5 select CRYPTO instead of depending on it
>
> This is now commit d8e97cc476e33037 ("SUNRPC: Make RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
> select CRYPTO instead of depending on it") in v6.18-rc1.
> As RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5 defaults to "y", CRYPTO is now auto-enabled in
> defconfigs that didn't enable it before.
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>

Now the config is:

config RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
tristate "Secure RPC: Kerberos V mechanism"
depends on SUNRPC
default y
select SUNRPC_GSS
select CRYPTO
select CRYPTO_SKCIPHER
select CRYPTO_HASH

Perhaps the 'default y' should be removed?

Chuck, do you know why it's there?

- Eric