Re: [PATCH] fs/smb: using crypto lib instead cifs_arc4

From: Eric Biggers
Date: Sun Nov 05 2023 - 14:33:12 EST


On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 05:42:11AM +1000, ronnie sahlberg wrote:
> You are right. The reason that arc4 and friend were moved into cifs
> was because the crypto guys told us "we will delete these algorithms
> from the crypto library"

This was suggested for md4 but not for arc4. arc4 still has multiple users in
the kernel, so having it as a library makes sense.

- Eric