[PATCH 1/3] crypto: sm4 - create SM4 library based on sm4 generic code

[Tianjia Zhang]

Hi Jason,

On 3/12/22 7:03 AM, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Hi Tianjia,
> 
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 3:23 PM Eric Biggers <ebiggers at kernel.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 01:26:13AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 1:24 AM Herbert Xu <herbert at gondor.apana.org.au> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 11:34:28AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
>>>>>>   lib/crypto/Kconfig   |   3 +
>>>>>>   lib/crypto/Makefile  |   3 +
>>>>>>   lib/crypto/sm4.c     | 184 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>
>>>>> If this is only used by the crypto API, it does not belong in
>>>>> lib/crypto.
>>>>
>>>> Nope there is no such rule.  lib/crypto is fine if you're adding
>>>> code that is shared between crypto and arch/*/crypto.
>>>
>>> The sprawling madness continues then... Noted.
>>
>> I think it would make more sense for this code to be in crypto/, for the reason
>> that Jason gave.
> 
> Were you planning on submitting a patch for this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason

I agree with Herbert that this is not necessary and the community is 
currently not in agreement on this point, and I'd be happy to do the 
work if there's a more reasonable reason.

Thanks so much for your suggestion.

Best regards,
Tianjia