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Eric Biggers 9cda46babd crypto: n2 - remove Niagara2 SPU driver 
Remove the driver for the Stream Processing Unit (SPU) on the Niagara 2.

Removing this driver allows removing the support for physical address
walks in skcipher_walk.  That is a misfeature that is used only by this
driver and increases the overhead of the crypto API for everyone else.

There is little evidence that anyone cares about this driver.  The
Niagara 2, a.k.a. the UltraSPARC T2, is a server CPU released in
2007.  The SPU is also present on the SPARC T3, released in 2010.
However, the SPU went away in SPARC T4, released in 2012, which replaced
it with proper cryptographic instructions instead.  These newer
instructions are supported by the kernel in arch/sparc/crypto/.

This driver was completely broken from (at least) 2015 to 2022, from
commit 8996eafdcb ("crypto: ahash - ensure statesize is non-zero") to
commit 76a4e87459 ("crypto: n2 - add missing hash statesize"), since
its probe function always returned an error before registering any
algorithms.  Though, even with that obvious issue fixed, it is unclear
whether the driver now works correctly.  E.g., there are no indications
that anyone has run the self-tests recently.

One bug report for this driver in 2017
(https://lore.kernel.org/r/nycvar.YFH.7.76.1712110214220.28416@n3.vanv.qr)
complained that it crashed the kernel while being loaded.  The reporter
didn't seem to care about the functionality of the driver, but rather
just the fact that loading it crashed the kernel.  In fact not until
2022 was the driver fixed to maybe actually register its algorithms with
the crypto API.  The 2022 fix does have a Reported-by and Tested-by, but
that may similarly have been just about making the error messages go
away as opposed to someone actually wanting to use the driver.

As such, it seems appropriate to retire this driver in mainline.

Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2024-12-14 17:21:43 +08:00
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accel module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
accessibility speakup: use SPKDIR=$(src) to specify the source directory 2024-11-04 17:53:09 +09:00
acpi arm64 fixes for 6.13-rc2: 2024-12-06 13:47:55 -08:00
amba ARM: 9415/1: amba: Add dev_is_amba() function and export it for modules 2024-11-12 16:41:45 +00:00
android Char/Misc/IIO/Whatever driver subsystem updates for 6.13-rc1 2024-11-29 11:58:27 -08:00
ata pci-v6.13-changes 2024-11-26 18:05:44 -08:00
atm Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
auxdisplay module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
base - Have the Automatic IBRS setting check on AMD does not falsely fire in 2024-12-08 11:38:56 -08:00
bcma Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
block virtio-blk: don't keep queue frozen during system suspend 2024-12-05 10:00:20 -07:00
bluetooth Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
bus Char/Misc/IIO/Whatever driver subsystem updates for 6.13-rc1 2024-11-29 11:58:27 -08:00
cache
cdrom Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
cdx module: Convert default symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-03 08:22:25 -08:00
char Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
clk module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
clocksource Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
comedi comedi: Flush partial mappings in error case 2024-11-05 14:01:07 +01:00
connector
counter module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
cpufreq powerpc updates for 6.13 2024-11-23 10:44:31 -08:00
cpuidle Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
crypto crypto: n2 - remove Niagara2 SPU driver 2024-12-14 17:21:43 +08:00
cxl module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
dax module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
dca
devfreq Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
dio
dma module: Convert default symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-03 08:22:25 -08:00
dma-buf drm fixes for 6.13-rc2 2024-12-06 11:52:15 -08:00
dpll
edac Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
eisa
extcon Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
firewire firewire updates for v6.13 2024-11-25 17:12:54 -08:00
firmware module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
fpga module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
fsi Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
gnss
gpio module: Convert default symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-03 08:22:25 -08:00
gpu drm fixes for -rc2, part 2 2024-12-06 13:16:41 -08:00
greybus greybus: Fix a typo 2024-11-05 05:33:46 +01:00
hid hid-for-linus-2024120501 2024-12-05 10:06:47 -08:00
hsi Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
hte Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
hv Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
hwmon module: Convert default symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-03 08:22:25 -08:00
hwspinlock Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
hwtracing Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
i2c module: Convert default symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-03 08:22:25 -08:00
i3c Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
idle intel_idle: add Granite Rapids Xeon D support 2024-11-11 15:48:50 +01:00
iio 24 hotfixes. 17 are cc:stable. 15 are MM and 9 are non-MM. 2024-12-08 11:26:13 -08:00
infiniband module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
input Input updates for v6.13-rc0 2024-11-25 10:31:39 -08:00
interconnect Merge branch 'icc-sar2130p' into icc-next 2024-11-05 01:32:05 +02:00
iommu iommufd 6.13 first rc pull 2024-12-05 15:02:20 -08:00
ipack
irqchip - Fix a /proc/interrupts formatting regression 2024-12-08 11:54:04 -08:00
isdn mISDN: Fix typos 2024-11-09 09:14:12 -08:00
leds module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
macintosh Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
mailbox TTY / Serial driver updates for 6.13-rc1 2024-11-30 09:03:16 -08:00
mcb module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
md bcache: revert replacing IS_ERR_OR_NULL with IS_ERR again 2024-12-03 15:06:27 -07:00
media module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
memory Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
memstick Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
message scsi: message: fusion: Constify struct pci_device_id 2024-11-20 21:38:24 -05:00
mfd module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
misc module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
mmc mmc: core: Further prevent card detect during shutdown 2024-12-02 15:37:16 +01:00
most
mtd This pull request contains updates for JFFS2, UBI and UBIFS: 2024-11-30 10:32:47 -08:00
mux
net Including fixes from can and netfilter. 2024-12-05 10:25:06 -08:00
nfc
ntb
nubus
nvdimm module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
nvme nvme fixes for Linux 6.13 2024-12-05 10:14:36 -07:00
nvmem Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
of Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
opp Additional power management updates for 6.13-rc1 2024-11-27 14:40:33 -08:00
parisc Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
parport Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
pci module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
pcmcia Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
peci module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
perf module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
phy Driver core changes for 6.13-rc1 2024-11-29 11:43:29 -08:00
pinctrl module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
platform platform-drivers-x86 for v6.13-2 2024-12-04 10:28:30 -08:00
pmdomain pmdomain core: 2024-12-06 11:24:00 -08:00
pnp
power power supply and reset changes for the 6.13 series 2024-11-28 09:28:09 -08:00
powercap module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
pps Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
ps3 ps3: Correct some typos in comments 2024-11-15 00:32:29 +11:00
ptp Including fixes from can and netfilter. 2024-12-05 10:25:06 -08:00
pwm module: Convert default symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-03 08:22:25 -08:00
rapidio
ras
regulator regulator: Fixes for v6.13 2024-11-28 09:40:53 -08:00
remoteproc remoteproc: qcom: wcss: Remove double assignment in q6v5_wcss_probe() 2024-11-15 20:36:27 -08:00
reset module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
rpmsg Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
rtc module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
s390 Driver core changes for 6.13-rc1 2024-11-29 11:43:29 -08:00
sbus Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
scsi scsi: scsi_debug: Fix hrtimer support for ndelay 2024-12-04 13:22:59 -05:00
sh sh updates for v6.13 2024-11-30 14:45:29 -08:00
siox
slimbus Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
soc Networking changes for 6.13. 2024-11-21 08:28:08 -08:00
soundwire module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
spi spi: Fixes for v6.13 2024-12-06 11:36:48 -08:00
spmi Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
ssb
staging module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
target Merge branch '6.13/scsi-queue' into 6.13/scsi-fixes 2024-12-02 12:36:18 -05:00
tc TC: Fix the wrong format specifier 2024-11-12 15:48:08 +01:00
tee Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
thermal module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
thunderbolt USB / Thunderbolt (USB4) changes for 6.13-rc1 2024-11-29 11:19:31 -08:00
tty module: Convert default symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-03 08:22:25 -08:00
ufs scsi: ufs: core: Add missing post notify for power mode change 2024-12-04 13:22:59 -05:00
uio Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
usb module: Convert default symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-03 08:22:25 -08:00
vdpa vdpa/mlx5: Fix suboptimal range on iotlb iteration 2024-11-12 18:05:05 -05:00
vfio module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
vhost mm: page_frag: avoid caller accessing 'page_frag_cache' directly 2024-11-11 10:56:27 -08:00
video module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
virt arm64 fixes for 6.13-rc2: 2024-12-06 13:47:55 -08:00
virtio module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
w1 Get rid of 'remove_new' relic from platform driver struct 2024-12-01 15:12:43 -08:00
watchdog linux-watchdog 6.13-rc1 tag 2024-12-05 10:03:43 -08:00
xen module: Convert symbol namespace to string literal 2024-12-02 11:34:44 -08:00
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