Re: [PATCH] xfstests-bld: enable crypto self-tests in kernel configs

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On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 01:42:37PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> It can be useful to enable crypto self-tests by setting
> CONFIG_CRYPTO_MANAGER_DISABLE_TESTS=n.  This makes the crypto API test
> each algorithm against its test vectors before it is used.  Otherwise,
> there could be undetected bugs or incompatibilities in the algorithms
> --- which would be especially problematic for filesystem encryption.
> Note that the crypto self-tests are quite fast and only happen for a
> given algorithm when someone first requests that algorithm.
> 
> I updated all configs for kernels 3.18 and later, excluding 4.2 which
> I've proposed removing, and regenerated the configs for the latest
> upstream stable version of each.  I didn't bother with pre-3.18 kernels.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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