Re: [PATCH] security/keys: make BIG_KEYS dependent on stdrng.

From	Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] security/keys: make BIG_KEYS dependent on stdrng.
Date	2016-09-06 15:20 +0200
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Am Dienstag, 6. September 2016, 14:11:56 CEST schrieb David Howells:

Hi David,

> Artem Savkov <asavkov@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > -	select CRYPTO
> > > > +	depends on (CRYPTO_ANSI_CPRNG = y || CRYPTO_DRBG = y)
> > > 
> > > Should those be "==" not "="?
> > 
> > Accodring to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt (line 173) it is
> > "=" and I can only see "=" being used in existing Kconfigs.
> 
> Okay.  The other thing is that I have been given a conflicting patch (see
> below).  Is your fix preferable?

The listed patch only selects the ANSI X9.31 DRNG and thus conflicts with FIPS 
mode and the current default stdrng which is the DRBG.

Ciao
Stephan

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[PATCH] security/keys: make BIG_KEYS dependent on stdrng. Artem Savkov <asavkov@redhat.com> - 2016-09-05 14:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] security/keys: make BIG_KEYS dependent on stdrng. David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-09-06 15:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] security/keys: make BIG_KEYS dependent on stdrng. Artem Savkov <asavkov@redhat.com> - 2016-09-06 15:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] security/keys: make BIG_KEYS dependent on stdrng. David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-09-06 15:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] security/keys: make BIG_KEYS dependent on stdrng. Artem Savkov <asavkov@redhat.com> - 2016-09-06 15:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] security/keys: make BIG_KEYS dependent on stdrng. Kirill Marinushkin <k.marinushkin@gmail.com> - 2016-09-06 18:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] security/keys: make BIG_KEYS dependent on stdrng. David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-09-06 20:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] security/keys: make BIG_KEYS dependent on stdrng. Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-09-06 15:20 +0200

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