From c65058b7587fd3d001c57a50285477be521f5350 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Biggers Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:41:12 -0700 Subject: crypto: skcipher - remove the "blkcipher" algorithm type Now that all "blkcipher" algorithms have been converted to "skcipher", remove the blkcipher algorithm type. The skcipher (symmetric key cipher) algorithm type was introduced a few years ago to replace both blkcipher and ablkcipher (synchronous and asynchronous block cipher). The advantages of skcipher include: - A much less confusing name, since none of these algorithm types have ever actually been for raw block ciphers, but rather for all length-preserving encryption modes including block cipher modes of operation, stream ciphers, and other length-preserving modes. - It unified blkcipher and ablkcipher into a single algorithm type which supports both synchronous and asynchronous implementations. Note, blkcipher already operated only on scatterlists, so the fact that skcipher does too isn't a regression in functionality. - Better type safety by using struct skcipher_alg, struct crypto_skcipher, etc. instead of crypto_alg, crypto_tfm, etc. - It sometimes simplifies the implementations of algorithms. Also, the blkcipher API was no longer being tested. Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu --- Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst | 27 +++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst b/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst index c45c6f400dbd..f9d288015acc 100644 --- a/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst +++ b/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst @@ -128,25 +128,20 @@ process requests that are unaligned. This implies, however, additional overhead as the kernel crypto API needs to perform the realignment of the data which may imply moving of data. -Cipher Definition With struct blkcipher_alg and ablkcipher_alg -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Cipher Definition With struct skcipher_alg +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Struct blkcipher_alg defines a synchronous block cipher whereas struct -ablkcipher_alg defines an asynchronous block cipher. +Struct skcipher_alg defines a multi-block cipher, or more generally, a +length-preserving symmetric cipher algorithm. -Please refer to the single block cipher description for schematics of -the block cipher usage. +Scatterlist handling +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Specifics Of Asynchronous Multi-Block Cipher -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -There are a couple of specifics to the asynchronous interface. - -First of all, some of the drivers will want to use the Generic -ScatterWalk in case the hardware needs to be fed separate chunks of the -scatterlist which contains the plaintext and will contain the -ciphertext. Please refer to the ScatterWalk interface offered by the -Linux kernel scatter / gather list implementation. +Some drivers will want to use the Generic ScatterWalk in case the +hardware needs to be fed separate chunks of the scatterlist which +contains the plaintext and will contain the ciphertext. Please refer +to the ScatterWalk interface offered by the Linux kernel scatter / +gather list implementation. Hashing [HASH] -------------- -- cgit v1.2.3