From: Herbert Xu Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 1/2] crypto: AF_ALG: add AEAD support Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 22:49:44 +1300 Message-ID: <20150227094944.GA29071@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <1681008.mocmysOoQU@tachyon.chronox.de> <2035690.30evPElJOm@tachyon.chronox.de> <7821728.KTX1G67VgF@tachyon.chronox.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: 'Quentin Gouchet' , Daniel Borkmann , 'LKML' , linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, 'Linux API' To: Stephan Mueller Return-path: Received: from helcar.apana.org.au ([209.40.204.226]:42021 "EHLO helcar.apana.org.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750716AbbB0Jty (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2015 04:49:54 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7821728.KTX1G67VgF@tachyon.chronox.de> Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 04:10:58PM +0100, Stephan Mueller wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 29. Januar 2015, 21:24:45 schrieb Stephan Mueller: > > Hi Herbert, > > > This patch adds the AEAD support for AF_ALG. > > > > The implementation is based on algif_skcipher, but contains heavy > > modifications to streamline the interface for AEAD uses. > > > > To use AEAD, the user space consumer has to use the salg_type named > > "aead". > > I just saw Al Viro's patch to use the iov_iter API in algif_skcipher.c. I > looked at it but lacked documentation for using it properly. Now I have a > template that I will incorporate into algif_aead.c Please resubmit once you have done this. Thanks, -- Email: Herbert Xu Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt