Re: [PATCH v11 1/2] crypto: AF_ALG: add AEAD support
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: 2015-01-26 00:06:44
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On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 02:19:17AM +0100, Stephan Mueller wrote:
+ /* + * Require exactly one IOV block as the AEAD operation is a one shot + * due to the authentication tag. + */ + if (msg->msg_iter.nr_segs != 1) + return -ENOMSG;
Why does limit exist? The fact that you have to do it in one go does not limit the number of receive IOVs, at least not to one. Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu [off-list ref] Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt