Re: Encryption output buffer description in algif_aead.c file

[Gary R Hook <ghook@amd.com>]

On 06/24/2016 07:01 AM, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> Am Freitag, 24. Juni 2016, 17:24:02 schrieb Harsh Jain:
>
> Hi Harsh,
>
>
>> 379          * The memory structure for cipher operation has the following
>> 380          * structure:
>> 381          *      AEAD encryption input:  assoc data || plaintext
>> 382          *      AEAD encryption output: cipherntext || auth tag
>> 383          *      AEAD decryption input:  assoc data || ciphertext || auth
>> tag 384          *      AEAD decryption output: plaintext
>
> Right, it returns AAD prepended to the stated output. Do you want to provide a
> patch?

If testmgr.c is any model, the caller is expected to populate the 
destination
buffer with the AAD. Is my understanding correct? And should this 
comment clarify
that point: i.e. the length of the destination is the sum of the lengths 
of the
aad + ciphertext + tag?

Gary