On Tue, 2017-07-25 at 00:53 +0000, Dey, Megha wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Herbert Xu [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 12:02 AM > To: Dey, Megha <[email protected]> > Cc: Tim Chen <[email protected]>; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 5/7] crypto: AES CBC multi-buffer glue code > > On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 06:18:59PM -0700, Megha Dey wrote: > > > > > >> +/* > > > >> + * CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC flag is passed to indicate we have an ablk > > > >> + * scatter-gather walk. > > > >> + */ > > > >> +static struct skcipher_alg aes_cbc_mb_alg = { > > > >> + .base = { > > > >> + .cra_name = "cbc(aes)", > > > >> + .cra_driver_name = "cbc-aes-aesni-mb", > > > >> + .cra_priority = 500, > > > >> + .cra_flags = CRYPTO_ALG_INTERNAL, > > > >> + .cra_blocksize = AES_BLOCK_SIZE, > > > >> + .cra_ctxsize = CRYPTO_AES_CTX_SIZE, > > > >> + .cra_module = THIS_MODULE, > > > >> + }, > > > >> + .min_keysize = AES_MIN_KEY_SIZE, > > > >> + .max_keysize = AES_MAX_KEY_SIZE, > > > >> + .ivsize = AES_BLOCK_SIZE, > > > >> + .setkey = aes_set_key, > > > >> + .encrypt = mb_aes_cbc_encrypt, > > > >> + .decrypt = mb_aes_cbc_decrypt > > > >> +}; > > > > > > > > So this claims to be a sync algorithm. Is this really the case? > > > > yes, the inner algorithm is sync whereas the outer algorithm is async. > > Are you saying that once mb_aes_cbc_encrypt returns it will never touch the > input/output again? This doesn't seem to agree with the actual code: > > + if (!ret_rctx) { > + /* we submitted a job, but none completed */ > + /* just notify the caller */ > + notify_callback(rctx, cstate, -EINPROGRESS); > + return 0; > + } > > Just because an algorithm is internal doesn't mean that it can arbitrarily > violate the crypto API requirements. > > Cheers,
Hi Herbert, Under the skcipher interface, if both the outer and inner alg are async, there should not be any problem right? Currently I do not see any existing algorithms have both algorithms async. > -- > Email: Herbert Xu <[email protected]> Home Page: > http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ > PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
