This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
crypto: virtio - don't use 'default m'
to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
crypto-virtio-don-t-use-default-m.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 8d6858ae1cb430a76b125101c1d26622c9a9fe73
Author: Ram Muthiah <rammuthiah@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Aug 12 12:20:53 2020 -0700
crypto: virtio - don't use 'default m'
[ Upstream commit b1a5c9a620f2b1792e51ae3961b16943e4f874f2 ]
Drivers shouldn't be enabled by default unless there is a very good
reason to do so. There doesn't seem to be any such reason for the
virtio crypto driver, so change it to the default of 'n'.
Signed-off-by: Ram Muthiah <rammuthiah@xxxxxxxxxx>
[EB: adjusted commit message]
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Stable-dep-of: fed93fb62e05 ("crypto: virtio - Handle dataq logic with tasklet")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/virtio/Kconfig b/drivers/crypto/virtio/Kconfig
index 01b625e4e5ad..6d3deb025b2a 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/virtio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/crypto/virtio/Kconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ config CRYPTO_DEV_VIRTIO
select CRYPTO_AEAD
select CRYPTO_BLKCIPHER
select CRYPTO_ENGINE
- default m
help
This driver provides support for virtio crypto device. If you
choose 'M' here, this module will be called virtio_crypto.
