Re: [PATCH v2 02/15] crypto: Add userspace configuration API

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On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 02:10:13PM +0200, Steffen Klassert wrote:
>
> +struct crypto_user_alg {
> +	char cru_name[CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME];
> +	char cru_driver_name[CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME];
> +	__u32 type;
> +	__u32 mask;
> +};
> +
> +#define CRYPTO_MAX_NAME CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME
> +
> +struct crypto_report_base {
> +	char name[CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME];
> +	char driver_name[CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME];
> +	char module_name[CRYPTO_MAX_NAME];
> +	char selftest[CRYPTO_MAX_NAME];
> +	int priority;
> +	int refcnt;
> +};

We should use one structure for both creating algorithms and
querying them.  User-space can leave the query fields blank
when creating them.

On another note, all fields specified when creating an algorithm
should be returned when querying/reporting.  This is so that
we can recreate the exact configuration after dumping.

Also, instead of returning selftest as a string, a single bit
would suffice.  So I'd suggest turning it into flags of type
__u32.

In fact, let's turn the other two int fields into __u32 too.

Sorry for not pointing this out earlier.  But we need to get this
right the first time as we'll be stuck with the interface for
ever.

Cheers,
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