From: Mark Allyn <mark.a.allyn@intel.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Mark Allyn <mark.a.allyn@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] crypto: api.c: doc on crypto_alg_lookup, crypto_larval_lookup, and crypto_alg_mod_lookup
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 11:05:46 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1288980346-15961-1-git-send-email-mark.a.allyn@intel.com> (raw)
Resubmit due to errors on patch submitted 11/4/2010
Signed-off-by: Mark A. Allyn <mark.a.allyn@intel.com>
---
crypto/api.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/crypto/api.c b/crypto/api.c
index 033a714..d8a7c35 100644
--- a/crypto/api.c
+++ b/crypto/api.c
@@ -193,6 +193,14 @@ static struct crypto_alg *crypto_larval_wait(struct crypto_alg *alg)
return alg;
}
+/**
+ * crypto_alg_lookup() - get the crypto_alg structure for an algorithm
+ * @name: text string containing name of algorithm
+ * @type: crypto type defined in include/linux/crypto.h
+ * @mask: mask of allowable crypto types (use or'd list
+ * of types as defined in include/linux/crypto.h)
+ * @returns: pointer to crypto_alg structure
+ */
struct crypto_alg *crypto_alg_lookup(const char *name, u32 type, u32 mask)
{
struct crypto_alg *alg;
@@ -205,6 +213,15 @@ struct crypto_alg *crypto_alg_lookup(const char *name, u32 type, u32 mask)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_alg_lookup);
+/**
+ * crypto_larval_lookup() - gets large value (larval) crypto_alg
+ * structure for an algorithm
+ * @name: text string containing name of algorithm
+ * @type: crypto type defined in include/linux/crypto.h
+ * @mask: mask of allowable crypto types (use or'd list
+ * of types as defined in include/linux/crypto.h)
+ * @returns: pointer to crypto_alg structure
+ */
struct crypto_alg *crypto_larval_lookup(const char *name, u32 type, u32 mask)
{
struct crypto_alg *alg;
@@ -247,6 +264,14 @@ int crypto_probing_notify(unsigned long val, void *v)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_probing_notify);
+/**
+ * crypto_alg_mod_lookup() - gets the algorithm module
+ * @name: text string containing name of algorithm
+ * @type: crypto type defined in include/linux/crypto.h
+ * @mask: mask of allowable crypto types (use or'd list
+ * of types as defined in include/linux/crypto.h)
+ * @returns: pointer to crypto_alg structure
+ */
struct crypto_alg *crypto_alg_mod_lookup(const char *name, u32 type, u32 mask)
{
struct crypto_alg *alg;
--
1.6.3.3
next reply other threads:[~2010-11-05 17:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-05 18:05 Mark Allyn [this message]
2010-11-05 18:27 ` [PATCH 1/1] crypto: api.c: doc on crypto_alg_lookup, crypto_larval_lookup, and crypto_alg_mod_lookup Lee Nipper
2010-11-05 18:36 ` Allyn, Mark A
2010-11-05 19:57 ` Lee Nipper
2010-11-07 1:10 ` Herbert Xu
2010-11-05 18:28 ` Randy Dunlap
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