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From: Jan Glauber <jang@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] tcrypt: disable 384 bit key XTS test
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:19:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1303312792.10786.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110420003350.GB10285@gondor.apana.org.au>

On Wed, 2011-04-20 at 08:33 +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 09:29:20PM +0200, jang@linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote:
> > From: Jan Glauber <jang@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > 
> > XTS mode is only defined for 256 and 512 bit key lengths. s390 only
> > implements these two modes and running the test with a 384 bit key
> > will stop the speed test with an error. Remove the superfluous key
> > lenght.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Glauber <jang@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> That's a limitation specific to your hardware.  As the existing xts
> currently supports 384-bit keys, we can't remove it for compatibility
> reasons.  So please add it as a fallback to your implementation.

I see, will try to hack something together.

Bad thing is, we don't even have a test vector for the 384 bit key length
and the standards don't provide one.

Should I resend when I'm finished or would you like to drop this patch
from the series?

Cheers,
Jan

  reply	other threads:[~2011-04-20 15:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-04-19 19:29 [PATCH 0/8] (3rd take) add support for z196 CPACF algorithms jang
2011-04-19 19:29 ` [PATCH 1/8] s390: extend crypto facility check jang
2011-04-19 19:29 ` [PATCH 2/8] s390: cleanup DES code jang
2011-04-19 19:29 ` [PATCH 3/8] s390: add System z hardware support for XTS mode jang
2011-04-19 19:29 ` [PATCH 4/8] s390: add System z hardware support for CTR mode jang
2011-04-26  6:34   ` Herbert Xu
2011-04-27 10:37     ` Jan Glauber
2011-04-27 10:40       ` Herbert Xu
2011-05-04  5:10         ` Herbert Xu
2011-05-04  8:31           ` Jan Glauber
2011-04-19 19:29 ` [PATCH 5/8] s390: add System z hardware support for GHASH jang
2011-04-19 19:29 ` [PATCH 6/8] s390: cleanup s390 Kconfig options jang
2011-04-19 19:29 ` [PATCH 7/8] tcrypt: disable 384 bit key XTS test jang
2011-04-20  0:33   ` Herbert Xu
2011-04-20 15:19     ` Jan Glauber [this message]
2011-04-20 15:35       ` Herbert Xu
2011-04-19 19:29 ` [PATCH 8/8] tcrypt: CTR mode speed test for AES jang

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