Re: [PATCH net] ppp: mppe: Revert "ppp: mppe: Add softdep to arc4"

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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:39:31 -0700

> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Commit 0e5a610b5ca5 ("ppp: mppe: switch to RC4 library interface"),
> which was merged through the crypto tree for v5.3, changed ppp_mppe.c to
> use the new arc4_crypt() library function rather than access RC4 through
> the dynamic crypto_skcipher API.
> 
> Meanwhile commit aad1dcc4f011 ("ppp: mppe: Add softdep to arc4") was
> merged through the net tree and added a module soft-dependency on "arc4".
> 
> The latter commit no longer makes sense because the code now uses the
> "libarc4" module rather than "arc4", and also due to the direct use of
> arc4_crypt(), no module soft-dependency is required.
> 
> So revert the latter commit.
> 
> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied.



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