From: Herbert Xu Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: Adds user space interface for ALG_SET_KEY_TYPE Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:03:11 +0800 Message-ID: <20180914060311.hxngp42bogbabpkd@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <1536302443-18380-1-git-send-email-kalyani.akula@xilinx.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: davem@davemloft.net, kstewart@linuxfoundation.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, tglx@linutronix.de, pombredanne@nexb.com, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, saratcha@xilinx.com, kalyani.akula@xilinx.com To: Kalyani Akula Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1536302443-18380-1-git-send-email-kalyani.akula@xilinx.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-crypto.vger.kernel.org Kalyani Akula wrote: > ALG_SET_KEY_TYPE requires caller to pass the key_type to be used > for AES encryption/decryption. > > Sometimes the cipher key will be stored in the device's > hardware (eFuse, BBRAM etc).So,there is a need to specify the information > about the key-type to use it for Encrypt or Decrypt operations. > > This patch implements the above requirement. > > > Signed-off-by: Kalyani Akula This patch does not make sense by itself. Please post it together with the patches that will make use of this. Thanks, -- Email: Herbert Xu Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt