RE: [PATCH v3 4/4] fscrypt: Add LEA-256-XTS, LEA-256-CTS support

From: Dongsoo Lee
Date: Fri Jun 30 2023 - 00:45:44 EST


On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 19:59:14 -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> I don't think that really addresses my comment, due to the second
sentence. I
> understand that you would like to advertise the performance of LEA. But
as I
> mentioned, it's not yet realized in the kernel crypto API, and in the
context of
> fscrypt it won't really bring anything new to the table anyway. For now I
think
> LEA is best described as a "national pride cipher" alongside SM4... Keep
in
> mind, it can always be changed later if new use cases come up.
>
> Could you just omit the documentation update from your patch? I actually
need
> to rework the whole "Encryption modes and usage" section anyway since it's
> growing a bit unwieldy, with 6 different combinations of encryption modes
now
> supported. The information needs to be organized better. It currently
reads
> like a list, and it might be hard for users to understand which setting to
use.
>
> I'll add on a patch that does that and adds the mention of LEA support.
>
> - Eric

Thanks for the feedback.

We'll remove the documentation and submit the next version.