On Mon, Sep 08, 2025 at 04:33:18AM +1000, ronnie sahlberg wrote: > On Mon, 8 Sept 2025 at 03:59, Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Ronnie may have additional context, but it may have been forked due to > > unrelated restrictions on the arc4 module (that had nothing to do with > > cifs.ko very narrow usage of arc4) breaking cifs.ko. > > > > Ronnie, > > Do you remember the context? > > Yepp. > The context was that to my understanding it was suggested that the > arc4 module would be going away > and would be removed so cifs had to stop using it. (or create its own > private copy) > > Must been a misunderstanding of what/how would happen with arc4 when > it was retired. > Looks like it was this thread: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cifs/YRXlwDBfQql36wJx@sol.localdomain/T/#u Ard and I suggested that, *if* the MD4 code has no other users, it should be *moved* into fs/cifs/. Unfortunately, it turned out it does have another user: iwd uses MD4 via AF_ALG. But either way, we never suggested adding a duplicate copy of either the MD4 or ARC4 code. - Eric
