Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fscrypt: relax Kconfig dependencies for crypto API algorithms

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On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 09:55:10AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Even if FS encryption has strict functional dependencies on various
> crypto algorithms and chaining modes. those dependencies could potentially
> be satisified by other implementations than the generic ones, and no link
> time dependency exists on the 'depends on' claused defined by
> CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION_ALGS.
> 
> So let's relax these clauses to 'imply', so that the default behavior
> is still to pull in those generic algorithms, but in a way that permits
> them to be disabled again in Kconfig.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Acked-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Herbert, is there still time for you to take these two patches through the
crypto tree for 5.13?  There aren't any other fscrypt or fsverity patches for
5.13, so that would be easiest for me.

- Eric



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