Re: [PATCH] lib/crypto: arm64: Drop checks for CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON

Eric Biggers
2026-03-17T16:41:12Z

On Sat, Mar 14, 2026 at 10:50:49AM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON is always enabled on arm64, and it always has
> been since its introduction in 2013. Given that and the fact that the
> usefulness of kernel-mode NEON has only been increasing over time,
> checking for this option in arm64-specific code is unnecessary. Remove
> these checks from lib/crypto/ to simplify the code and prevent any
> future bugs where e.g. code gets disabled due to a typo in this logic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
> ---
>
> This patch is targeting libcrypto-next
> (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/linux.git/log/?h=libcrypto-next)

Applied to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/linux.git/log/?h=libcrypto-next

- Eric