Re: [PATCH] crypto: aead: add service indicator flag for RFC4106 AES-GCM

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 04:51:38PM -0500, Jeff Barnes wrote:
> for out-of-tree modules, you're on your own". But that's where the need for
> the service indicator arises. I'm sure that maintaining the out-of-tree
> patch with a service indicator is a royal pain downstream.

And that's a good thing.  Maintaining out of tree stuff should be a
royal pain and not impact the upstream kernel in any way.