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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>

  reply	other threads:[~2010-11-04 19:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ 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 14:11   ` Herbert Xu
2010-09-07 14:24     ` Christoph Hellwig
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
2010-10-20 10:24   ` Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
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 19:23       ` David Miller
2010-11-04 17:36     ` [PATCH 1/4] net - Add AF_ALG macros Herbert Xu
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 19:23       ` David Miller [this message]
2010-11-04 17:36     ` [PATCH 4/4] crypto: algif_skcipher - User-space interface for skcipher operations Herbert Xu
2010-11-04 19:23       ` David Miller
2010-10-19 13:46 ` [PATCH 1/4] net - Add AF_ALG macros Herbert Xu
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 ` [PATCH 4/4] crypto: algif_skcipher - User-space interface for skcipher operations Herbert Xu
2010-10-19 13:46 ` [PATCH 3/4] crypto: algif_hash - User-space interface for hash operations Herbert Xu

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