Re: [PATCH v12 1/2] crypto: AF_ALG: add AEAD support

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Fri Feb 27 2015 - 04:50:02 EST


On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 04:10:58PM +0100, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 29. Januar 2015, 21:24:45 schrieb Stephan Mueller:
>
> Hi Herbert,
>
> > This patch adds the AEAD support for AF_ALG.
> >
> > The implementation is based on algif_skcipher, but contains heavy
> > modifications to streamline the interface for AEAD uses.
> >
> > To use AEAD, the user space consumer has to use the salg_type named
> > "aead".
>
> I just saw Al Viro's patch to use the iov_iter API in algif_skcipher.c. I
> looked at it but lacked documentation for using it properly. Now I have a
> template that I will incorporate into algif_aead.c

Please resubmit once you have done this.

Thanks,
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