Darren J Moffat wrote:

>Mark Powers wrote:
>  
>
>>Folks,
>>
>>So far, Garrett D'Amore has posted review comments - thanks Garrett!
>>I still need one more reviewer.
>>
>>6534628 /dev/crypto can use in-place when calling crypto_encrypt API
>>
>>The updated webrev is
>>http://cr.grommit.com/~mcpowers/6534628/
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>>
>
>General comment, this causes a Cap-Eye Install flag day, but bfu is 
>okay.  If this is backproted to S10 then the same patch must include 
>drv/crypto and pkcs11_kernel binaries since this changes the API and ABI 
>between them.
>
>I like the approach of pkcs11_kernel telling drv/crypto this using a new 
>ce_flags field.
>
>The one thing I don't really like is that INPLACE_MECHANISM is a 
>hardcoded macro.  I wish there was something we could do to make it not 
>so hardcoded.  My concern is that was we add new modes and mechanisms we 
>will forget to update this macro and won't get the benefits of this fix. 
>  However I can't think of a better way of doing it at the moment so I'm 
>okay with you integrating as is.
>
>  
>
I agree - but I'm already wondering why  RC4 is not included as well as 
AES CCM and even AES CTR?  

thanks,

-gary


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