Re: [PATCH v6 3/6] crypto: AF_ALG -- add asymmetric cipher interface

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Am Donnerstag, 9. Juni 2016, 11:18:04 schrieb Mat Martineau:

Hi Mat,

> > Or is your concern that the user space interface restricts things too much
> > and thus prevents a valid use case?
> 
> The latter - my primary concern is the constraint this places on userspace
> by forcing larger buffer sizes than might be necessary for the operation.
> struct akcipher_request has separate members for src_len and dst_len, and
> dst_len is documented as needing "to be at least as big as the expected
> result depending on the operation". Not the maximum result, the expected
> result. It's also documented that the cipher will generate an error if
> dst_len is insufficient and update the value with the required size.
> 
> I'm updating some userspace TLS code that worked with an earlier, unmerged
> patch set for AF_ALG akcipher (from last year). The read calls with
> shorter buffers were the main porting problem.

I see -- are you proposing to drop that check entirely?

Ciao
Stephan
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