From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: "Jason A . Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: Move SipHash into lib/crypto/
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 18:30:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261003163056.GB152469@quark> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <019c709e-9513-44c1-bbb0-82cb16040709@app.fastmail.com>
On Sat, Oct 03, 2026 at 09:31:39AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>
> On Sat, 3 Oct 2026, at 05:49, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 02, 2026 at 03:37:08PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> >> The addition of SipHash to lib/ predated the existence of the
> >> lib/crypto/ directory. Since it's a cryptographic algorithm, move it
> >> from the top-level lib/ directory to lib/crypto/.
> >>
> >> Specifically:
> >>
> >> - Move both siphash.c and siphash_kunit.c. Keep the header
> >> <linux/siphash.h> as-is for now.
> >>
> >> - Keep the dedicated MAINTAINERS entry for SipHash. Just update the
> >> file paths it references.
> >
> > Given that I'm also listed in the crypto section, I think we may as well
> > delete the whole separate entry.
> >
> > The only downside of this change is that those hsiphash functions are,
> > erm, a bit less than cryptographic-strength. But maybe such concerns
> > don't really matter any more at this stage, and we might as well group
> > it all in lib/crypto/ where it all belonged originally anyway.
> >
> > Acked-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
> >
>
> Either works for me.
>
> Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Makes sense. v2 removes the separate MAINTAINERS entry.
- Eric
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-02 22:37 Eric Biggers
2026-10-03 3:49 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2026-10-03 7:31 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2026-10-03 16:30 ` Eric Biggers [this message]
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