From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au
Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] crypto: af_alg - User-space interface for Crypto API
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:23:03 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101104.122303.112611302.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1PE3jX-0000MM-MP@gondolin.me.apana.org.au>
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:36:19 -0500
> crypto: af_alg - User-space interface for Crypto API
>
> This patch creates the backbone of the user-space interface for
> the Crypto API, through a new socket family AF_ALG.
>
> Each session corresponds to one or more connections obtained from
> that socket. The number depends on the number of inputs/outputs
> of that particular type of operation. For most types there will
> be a s ingle connection/file descriptor that is used for both input
> and output. AEAD is one of the few that require two inputs.
>
> Each algorithm type will provide its own implementation that plugs
> into af_alg. They're keyed using a string such as "skcipher" or
> "hash".
>
> IOW this patch only contains the boring bits that is required
> to hold everything together.
>
> Thakns to Miloslav Trmac for reviewing this and contributing
> fixes and improvements.
>
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: herbert@gondor.hengli.com.au
Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] crypto: af_alg - User-space interface for Crypto API
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:23:03 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101104.122303.112611302.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1PE3jX-0000MM-MP@gondolin.me.apana.org.au>
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:36:19 -0500
> crypto: af_alg - User-space interface for Crypto API
>
> This patch creates the backbone of the user-space interface for
> the Crypto API, through a new socket family AF_ALG.
>
> Each session corresponds to one or more connections obtained from
> that socket. The number depends on the number of inputs/outputs
> of that particular type of operation. For most types there will
> be a s ingle connection/file descriptor that is used for both input
> and output. AEAD is one of the few that require two inputs.
>
> Each algorithm type will provide its own implementation that plugs
> into af_alg. They're keyed using a string such as "skcipher" or
> "hash".
>
> IOW this patch only contains the boring bits that is required
> to hold everything together.
>
> Thakns to Miloslav Trmac for reviewing this and contributing
> fixes and improvements.
>
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-04 19:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-07 8:42 RFC: Crypto API User-interface Herbert Xu
2010-09-07 9:18 ` Tomas Mraz
2010-09-07 14:06 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-09-07 14:06 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-09-07 14:11 ` Herbert Xu
2010-09-07 14:11 ` Herbert Xu
2010-09-07 14:24 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-09-07 14:24 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-09-07 14:39 ` Herbert Xu
2010-09-07 14:39 ` Herbert Xu
2010-09-07 14:49 ` Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
2010-09-07 14:57 ` Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
2010-09-07 14:59 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-19 13:44 ` Herbert Xu
2010-10-19 13:44 ` Herbert Xu
2010-10-20 10:24 ` Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
2010-11-04 17:34 ` Herbert Xu
2010-11-04 17:34 ` Herbert Xu
2010-11-04 17:36 ` [PATCH 3/4] crypto: algif_hash - User-space interface for hash operations Herbert Xu
2010-11-04 17:36 ` Herbert Xu
2010-11-04 19:23 ` David Miller
2010-11-04 19:23 ` David Miller
2010-11-04 17:36 ` [PATCH 1/4] net - Add AF_ALG macros Herbert Xu
2010-11-04 17:36 ` Herbert Xu
2010-11-04 19:22 ` David Miller
2010-11-04 19:22 ` David Miller
2010-11-04 17:36 ` [PATCH 2/4] crypto: af_alg - User-space interface for Crypto API Herbert Xu
2010-11-04 17:36 ` Herbert Xu
2010-11-04 19:23 ` David Miller [this message]
2010-11-04 19:23 ` David Miller
2010-11-04 17:36 ` [PATCH 4/4] crypto: algif_skcipher - User-space interface for skcipher operations Herbert Xu
2010-11-04 17:36 ` Herbert Xu
2010-11-04 19:23 ` David Miller
2010-11-04 19:23 ` David Miller
2010-11-06 12:23 ` Martin Willi
2010-11-07 1:08 ` Herbert Xu
2010-11-08 9:10 ` Martin Willi
2010-11-15 11:51 ` Herbert Xu
2010-11-15 11:53 ` [PATCH 2/4] crypto: af_alg - User-space interface for Crypto API Herbert Xu
2010-11-15 14:56 ` Martin Willi
2010-11-15 11:53 ` [PATCH 1/4] net - Add AF_ALG macros Herbert Xu
2010-11-15 11:53 ` [PATCH 4/4] crypto: algif_skcipher - User-space interface for skcipher operations Herbert Xu
2010-11-15 14:55 ` Martin Willi
2010-11-19 9:51 ` Herbert Xu
2010-11-19 9:52 ` [PATCH 1/4] net - Add AF_ALG macros Herbert Xu
2010-11-19 9:52 ` [PATCH 2/4] crypto: af_alg - User-space interface for Crypto API Herbert Xu
2010-11-19 9:52 ` [PATCH 3/4] crypto: algif_hash - User-space interface for hash operations Herbert Xu
2010-11-19 9:52 ` [PATCH 4/4] crypto: algif_skcipher - User-space interface for skcipher operations Herbert Xu
2010-11-26 12:57 ` Herbert Xu
2010-11-26 12:58 ` [PATCH 2/4] crypto: af_alg - User-space interface for Crypto API Herbert Xu
2010-11-26 12:58 ` [PATCH 1/4] net - Add AF_ALG macros Herbert Xu
2010-11-26 12:58 ` [PATCH 3/4] crypto: algif_hash - User-space interface for hash operations Herbert Xu
2010-11-26 12:58 ` [PATCH 4/4] crypto: algif_skcipher - User-space interface for skcipher operations Herbert Xu
2010-11-15 11:53 ` [PATCH 3/4] crypto: algif_hash - User-space interface for hash operations Herbert Xu
2010-11-15 14:56 ` Martin Willi
2010-10-19 13:46 ` [PATCH 1/4] net - Add AF_ALG macros Herbert Xu
2010-10-19 13:46 ` Herbert Xu
2010-10-20 9:01 ` David Miller
2010-10-20 9:01 ` David Miller
2010-10-19 13:46 ` [PATCH 2/4] crypto: af_alg - User-space interface for Crypto API Herbert Xu
2010-10-19 13:46 ` Herbert Xu
2010-10-19 13:46 ` [PATCH 3/4] crypto: algif_hash - User-space interface for hash operations Herbert Xu
2010-10-19 13:46 ` Herbert Xu
2010-10-19 13:46 ` [PATCH 4/4] crypto: algif_skcipher - User-space interface for skcipher operations Herbert Xu
2010-10-19 13:46 ` Herbert Xu
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