From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>,
clemens-dated-1056963973.bf26@endorphin.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Initial Vector Fix for loop.c.
Date: 20 Jun 2003 11:14:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1056132854.29696.1.camel@rth.ninka.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030620105640.10ab68a4.akpm@digeo.com>
On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 10:56, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> wrote:
> >
> > > So go for it. Fix it before 2.6.x is out and we're stuck with this crap
> > > again.
> >
> > This will break existing crypto loop installations, making
> > the existing encrypted image unreadable.
>
> I think we should just live with that breakage Andi. You're suggesting
> that we retain compatibility with something which was never merged into the
> kernel. That is asking too much.
There was effectively no cryptoloop support in the vanilla
kernel. Andi is totally right here. We should be compatible
with what people actually used, which were the external cryptoloop
patches.
Nobody, and I mean nobody, has a cryptoloop based upon the IV
selection done in vanilla kernels.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-20 18:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20030620090612.GA1322@ghanima.endorphin.org.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2003-06-20 9:30 ` Andi Kleen
2003-06-20 10:14 ` Fruhwirth Clemens
2003-06-20 10:24 ` Andi Kleen
2003-06-20 10:33 ` Fruhwirth Clemens
2003-06-20 10:35 ` Jörn Engel
2003-06-20 10:49 ` Andi Kleen
2003-06-20 10:52 ` Andi Kleen
2003-06-20 11:15 ` Fruhwirth Clemens
2003-06-20 10:51 ` Fruhwirth Clemens
2003-06-20 11:03 ` Jörn Engel
2003-06-21 2:18 ` Jan Rychter
2003-06-24 18:22 ` Bill Davidsen
2003-06-20 17:56 ` Andrew Morton
2003-06-20 18:14 ` David S. Miller [this message]
2003-06-20 19:04 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-06-20 13:38 Fruhwirth Clemens
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2003-06-20 9:06 Fruhwirth Clemens
2003-06-20 9:23 ` Andrew Morton
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