Yolanda added the comment:

I agree with Doug. From my understanding, the intention of the patch is to 
allow the usage of md5 for non-security purposes, without being blocked by FIPS.
Right now, md5() calls running on a FIPS enabled kernel, are blocked without 
discrimination of the usage, that shall be ok for hashing purposes, and more 
performant than other methods. This patch provides the ability to continue 
using md5 just flagging it properly.

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