On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 12:19:39PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers
>
> 'cipher' algorithms (single block ciphers) are always synchronous, so
> passing CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC in the mask to crypto_alloc_cipher() has no
> effect. Many users therefore already don't pass it, but some
From: Eric Biggers
'cipher' algorithms (single block ciphers) are always synchronous, so
passing CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC in the mask to crypto_alloc_cipher() has no
effect. Many users therefore already don't pass it, but some still do.
This inconsistency can cause confusion, especially since the way
