Re: [PATCH] security/keys: rewrite big_key crypto to use Zinc

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Hey Eric,

Thanks for the review.

I'll add `select CONFIG` as you suggested. I agree about trying to
move as much as possible out of crypto and into lib/crypto. Breaking
those dependency cycles won't be easy but perhaps it'll be possible to
chip away at that gradually. (I'd also lib a
lib/crypto/arch/{arch}/..., but I guess that's a separate discussion.)

I'll also change -EINVAL to -EBADMSG. Nice catch.

Regarding the buffer zeroing... are you sure? These buffers are
already being copied into filesystem caches and all sorts of places
over which we have zero control. At that point, does it matter? Or do
you argue that because it's still technically key material, we should
zero out both the plaintext and ciphertext everywhere we can, and
hopefully at some point the places where we can't will go away? IOW,
I'm fine doing that, but would like to learn your explicit reasoning
before.

Jason



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