On Fri, Nov 06, 2026 at 09:21:32AM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote: > reason why siphash has been chosen? > Would there be a chance to make this configurable? > I do see slight complications when running in secure environments > (ie FIPS-certified environments) where most of the hash functions > might not be available ...
SipHash came originall along with [1]. If we retracted back a step back i.e., use the assigned indices then the security properties of SipHash would not be relevant. > > Cheers, > > Hannes > -- > Dr. Hannes Reinecke Kernel Storage Architect > [email protected] +49 911 74053 688 > SUSE Software Solutions GmbH, Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg > HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg), GF: I. Totev, A. McDonald, W. Knoblich [1] https://lore.kernel.org/keyrings/[email protected]/ Br, Jarkko
