Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:59:18 +0200 | From | "Jason A. Donenfeld" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] crypto: make the sha1 library optional |
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On Sat, Jul 09, 2022 at 02:18:49PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com> > > Since the Linux RNG no longer uses sha1_transform(), the SHA-1 library > is no longer needed unconditionally. Make it possible to build the > Linux kernel without the SHA-1 library by putting it behind a kconfig > option, and selecting this new option from the kconfig options that gate > the remaining users: CRYPTO_SHA1 for crypto/sha1_generic.c, BPF for > kernel/bpf/core.c, and IPV6 for net/ipv6/addrconf.c. > > Unfortunately, since BPF is selected by NET, for now this can only make > a difference for kernels built without networking support.
Seems like a step in the right direction, thanks.
Reviewed-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
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