From: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 2/7] crypto: Use GHASH digest algorithm in GCM
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:41:16 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1245634876.22246.320.camel@yhuang-dev.sh.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090621134635.GA2980@gondor.apana.org.au>
On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 21:46 +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > + ghash = crypto_alloc_ahash("ghash", 0, 0);
> > + if (IS_ERR(ghash))
> > + return PTR_ERR(ghash);
>
> We should add this as an extra parameter to gcm_base. This is
> so that the user can select an alternative ghash implementation.
Can crypto_alloc_ahash("ghash",...) select among different ghash
implementation automatically based on priority? I think
crypto_alloc_ablkcipher("cbc(aes)",...) can select among different AES
implementation automatically. They are different?
Best Regards,
Huang Ying
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-22 1:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-11 7:10 Huang Ying
2009-06-17 20:47 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2009-06-18 2:09 ` Huang Ying
2009-06-21 13:46 ` Herbert Xu
2009-06-22 1:41 ` Huang Ying [this message]
2009-06-22 2:03 ` Herbert Xu
2009-06-22 2:07 ` Huang Ying
2009-06-22 2:19 ` Herbert Xu
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