Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S938814AbcLWHwU (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Dec 2016 02:52:20 -0500 Received: from helcar.hengli.com.au ([209.40.204.226]:59329 "EHLO helcar.apana.org.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756613AbcLWHwS (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Dec 2016 02:52:18 -0500 Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 15:51:15 +0800 From: Herbert Xu To: Binoy Jayan Cc: Milan Broz , Oded , Ofir , "David S. Miller" , linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, Mark Brown , Arnd Bergmann , Linux kernel mailing list , Alasdair Kergon , Mike Snitzer , dm-devel@redhat.com, Shaohua Li , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, Rajendra Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2] crypto: Add IV generation algorithms Message-ID: <20161223075114.GA3580@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <1481618949-20086-1-git-send-email-binoy.jayan@linaro.org> <1481618949-20086-2-git-send-email-binoy.jayan@linaro.org> <20161222085509.GA2160@gondor.apana.org.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 652 Lines: 17 On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 04:25:12PM +0530, Binoy Jayan wrote: > > > It doesn't have to live outside of dm-crypt. You can register > > these IV generators from there if you really want. > > Sorry, but I didn't understand this part. What I mean is that moving the IV generators into the crypto API does not mean the dm-crypt team giving up control over them. You could continue to keep them within the dm-crypt code base and still register them through the normal crypto API mechanism. Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt