On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 02:38:23PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 03:37:55PM +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote: > > > > Is there any way to access netlink interface and get the output from > > kernel-side? I'd like to show information through > > "/sys/block/zramX/comp_algorithm", because some user program can be > > broken if we change output of userspace exposed interface. > > You could simply deprecate that interface but keep it for existing > algorithms. Any new algorithms can then be queried through the > crypto_user interface. > > The other option is to have a defined list of algorithms which is > independent of the crypto API. For example, have a look at what > IPsec does in net/xfrm/xfrm_algo.c. IPsec needs its own list > because they come with annotations. Hmm... they looks suboptimal. How about introducing new functions to search supported algorithm in kernel-side? As crypto API is used in more places, this interface would be requested more. Defined list weaken the advantage of strong point of generic crypto API. Thanks. -- 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
