From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932636AbaJWMvv (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:51:51 -0400 Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.72]:64044 "EHLO mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932432AbaJWMvr (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:51:47 -0400 X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Originating-IP: 96.249.243.124 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX18T1h2iIR0vXRQAN22vrSpF9nW6tTDwRzM= X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.0.1 titan 41B88606464 Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:51:41 -0400 From: Jason Cooper To: Dan Carpenter Cc: Eric Rost , gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, jake@lwn.net, antonysaraev@gmail.com, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] staging: skein: Add Crypto API support Message-ID: <20141023125141.GL17447@titan.lakedaemon.net> References: <20141023122845.GP23154@mwanda> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20141023122845.GP23154@mwanda> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 03:28:45PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 09:23:51PM -0500, Eric Rost wrote: > > Adds crypto API support for the skein module. Also collapses the > > threefish module into the skein module. > > Why is this in staging anyway? It seems very small and not terrible > code. It could easily be sent to the main kernel. Yes, we're almost there. Loadable module support and integration into the crypto API were what was blocking my proposal to move into mainline. It might even happen this cycle if we can get this series into -next for a bit. thx, Jason.