Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] Support Argon2 KDF in LUKS2

[Daniel Kiper]

Hi Patrick,

On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 07:58:27PM +0100, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this is the third version of my patchset to support the Argon2 KDF in
> LUKS2. The following things have changed in comparison to v2:
>
>     - Improved the GRUB_UINT_C macros to not use `elif 1` and fixed
>       indentation.
>
>     - Dropped the upstreamed patch to fix a missing newline.
>
>     - Reworked how we allocate memory on EFI. Previously, we always
>       targeted to acquire 1/4 of available memory. Now we're always
>       trying to allocate MAX_HEAP_SIZE (1.6GB) but clamp it to at most
>       1/2 of available memory and at least MIN_HEAP_SIZE (100MB).
>
> So especially the last part is the interesting one. I _think_ that it's
> roughly what Leif had in mind, but please do correct me if I'm wrong.

So, according to our earlier discussion I am not treating this patchset
as a release material. However, I would like to merge fixed version of
it after the release. In the meantime I am investigating the legal matter
related to this patchset.

Daniel