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From: Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@intel.com>
To: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Cc: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, corbet@lwn.net,
	keescook@chromium.org, qat-linux@intel.com, jwboyer@redhat.com,
	richard@nod.at, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, steved@redhat.com,
	dhowells@redhat.com, vgoyal@redhat.com,
	james.l.morris@oracle.com, jkosina@suse.cz,
	zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com, davem@davemloft.net,
	linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/2] crypto: add PKE API
Date: Fri, 01 May 2015 10:30:37 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5543B83D.1090606@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1788430.tPLLCmOF11@tauon>

Hi Stephan,
On 05/01/2015 12:24 AM, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>> +struct public_key;
>> >+struct public_key_signature;
> Wouldn't it make sense to move the struct definitions here and have them 
> documented?

I'm not sure if they belong here. I think we can add some documentation
without moving them.

>> +struct pke_alg {
>> >+	int (*sign)(struct pke_request *pkereq);
>> >+	int (*verify)(struct pke_request *pkereq);
>> >+	int (*encrypt)(struct pke_request *pkereq);
>> >+	int (*decrypt)(struct pke_request *pkereq);
>> >+
>> >+	u8 pub_mpis;	/* Number of MPIs in public key */
>> >+	u8 sec_mpis;	/* Number of MPIs in secret key */
>> >+	u8 sig_mpis;	/* Number of MPIs in a signature */
> May I ask that for such new structs we add some documentation? Currently, I am 
> unclear on what MPIs are. E.g. if somebody needs to add, say, Curve 25519, 
> what shall he add here?

Sure, I'll add some description.

> 
> Up to here I am volunteering to add the documentation comments.
> 
> But for the following functions, I am not sure how they are supposed to be 
> used correctly. Thus, can you add the documentation for them or at least give 
> me a hint so that I can add the documentation?

Same here, I'll add something. Thanks for volunteering.
You did a good job documenting the rest and your help will be appreciated.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-05-01 17:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-04-30 22:36 [PATCH RFC 0/2] crypto: Introduce Public Key Encryption API Tadeusz Struk
2015-04-30 22:36 ` [PATCH RFC 1/2] crypto: add PKE API Tadeusz Struk
2015-04-30 22:43   ` Herbert Xu
2015-04-30 23:04     ` Tadeusz Struk
2015-05-01  7:24   ` Stephan Mueller
2015-05-01 17:30     ` Tadeusz Struk [this message]
2015-04-30 22:36 ` [PATCH RFC 2/2] crypto: RSA: KEYS: convert rsa and public key to new " Tadeusz Struk
2015-05-01  8:47 ` [PATCH RFC 0/2] crypto: Introduce Public Key Encryption API Jean Delvare
2015-05-01 17:32   ` Tadeusz Struk
2015-05-01 15:53 ` David Howells
2015-05-01 16:04 ` [PATCH RFC 1/2] crypto: add PKE API David Howells
2015-05-01 18:17   ` Tadeusz Struk
2015-05-03  0:07     ` Herbert Xu
2015-05-04 19:26       ` Tadeusz Struk
2015-05-05  1:33         ` Herbert Xu
2015-05-01 16:21 ` [PATCH RFC 2/2] crypto: RSA: KEYS: convert rsa and public key to new " David Howells
2015-05-01 19:27   ` Tadeusz Struk
2015-05-04 13:16 ` [PATCH RFC 0/2] crypto: Introduce Public Key Encryption API Horia Geantă
2015-05-04 20:42   ` Tadeusz Struk
2015-05-06 11:31     ` Horia Geantă

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