Re: [PATCH 1/3] crypto: s390 - Remove des and des3_ede code

[Harald Freudenberger]

On 2026-03-27 18:32, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 09:52:31AM +0100, Holger Dengler wrote:
> > Hi Eric,
> >
> > On 26/03/2026 21:12, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > > Since DES and Triple DES are obsolete, there is very little point in
> > > maintining architecture-optimized code for them.  Remove it.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Are there plans to completely remove des/3des in-kernel crypto support 
> > from
> > the kernel or is it just the arch-specific code, that is removed?
>
> Just the arch-specific code for now.  It will just make these like RC4
> and MD4 which are still implemented for compatibility reasons but only
> with generic C code.  Someday (years from now) we should remove all of
> these entirely, but for now the best we can hope for is simplifying the
> implementations to just the generic C code.
>
> - Eric

Reviewed-by: Harald Freudenberger <freude@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>