Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: powerpc: update VMX AES entries

From: Eric Biggers

Date: Sun May 24 2026 - 17:35:41 EST


On Sun, May 24, 2026 at 11:29:45PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Commit 7cf2082e74ce ("lib/crypto: powerpc/aes: Migrate POWER8 optimized
> code into library") removed arch/powerpc/crypto/aes.c and moved
> arch/powerpc/crypto/aesp8-ppc.pl to lib/crypto/powerpc/.
>
> However, the "IBM Power VMX Cryptographic instructions" entry still
> references the removed file and no longer covers the moved aesp8-ppc.pl.
>
> Remove the stale entry, add lib/crypto/powerpc/aesp8-ppc.pl, and tighten
> the arch/powerpc/crypto/aesp8-ppc.* pattern to match the remaining
> header only.
>
> Fixes: 7cf2082e74ce ("lib/crypto: powerpc/aes: Migrate POWER8 optimized code into library")
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>

If this doesn't get picked up through the powerpc tree, I can take this
through libcrypto-next.

- Eric