On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 09:25:01AM -0400, Jason Cooper wrote: > + Grant, Geert, > > Stephan has created some great example code for both the kernel crypto > API and the userspace crypto API. As examples tend to bitrot, I was > wondering if the code could serve as test code. Then it would have a > triple role: API regression testing, crypto test suite, and reference > implementation. > > Original patch is here: > > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/7502136.9BkWHTZ0th@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 09:19:08AM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 15. Oktober 2014, 13:58:00 schrieb Jason Cooper: > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 09:46:50PM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote: ... > > > Perhaps the userspace API example should be a separate file with this > > > text at the top? Seems odd having it at the end. Also, if you copied > > > it from cryptsetup, is the copyright info correct? > > > > I did not copy it from cryptsetup. I only used it as a basis, especially with > > the data structure handling in _kcapi_cipher_crypt. But you are right, I > > changed the license for the user space by taking the cryptsetup license. > > Ok. It looks like Geert and Grant took part in the kernel test > unconference, so I'm adding them to the Cc. I hope they can give us > some pointers as to where we could hook in this code. Then we can > simply refer to it from the userspace API document. tools/testing/selftests/crypto would be a good location for the example code in the next version of this patch. Make sure to take a look at tools/testing/selftests/README.txt. thx, Jason. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
