Re: [PATCH] crypto: ghash - add comment and improve help text

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Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> To help avoid confusion, add a comment to ghash-generic.c which explains
> the convention that the kernel's implementation of GHASH uses.
> 
> Also update the Kconfig help text and module descriptions to call GHASH
> a "hash function" rather than a "message digest", since the latter
> normally means a real cryptographic hash function, which GHASH is not.
> 
> Cc: Pascal Van Leeuwen <pvanleeuwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/crypto/ghash-ce-glue.c            |  2 +-
> arch/s390/crypto/ghash_s390.c              |  2 +-
> arch/x86/crypto/ghash-clmulni-intel_glue.c |  3 +--
> crypto/Kconfig                             | 11 ++++----
> crypto/ghash-generic.c                     | 31 +++++++++++++++++++---
> drivers/crypto/Kconfig                     |  6 ++---
> include/crypto/ghash.h                     |  2 +-
> 7 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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