Re: [RFC PATCH HBK: 2/8] hw-bound-key: flag-is_hbk added to the tfm
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From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: 2022-09-06 06:44:37
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On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 12:21:51PM +0530, Pankaj Gupta wrote:
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Consumer of the kernel crypto api, after allocating the transformation, sets this flag based on the basis of the type of key consumer has. This helps: - This helps to influence the core processing logic for the encapsulated algorithm. - This flag is set by the consumer after allocating the tfm and before calling the function crypto_xxx_setkey(). Signed-off-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@nxp.com> --- include/linux/crypto.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)diff --git a/include/linux/crypto.h b/include/linux/crypto.h index 2324ab6f1846..b4fa83ca87bd 100644 --- a/include/linux/crypto.h +++ b/include/linux/crypto.h@@ -639,6 +639,8 @@ struct crypto_tfm { u32 crt_flags; + unsigned int is_hbk; +
We already have plenty of drivers with hardware keys in the tree. Plesae explain why the current support is inadequate and you need to do this. Thanks, -- Email: Herbert Xu [off-list ref] Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt