On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:38:24AM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote: > > - Type of input data: currently, the akcipher API uses linear buffers. The > question was raised to convert it to scatter lists. Linear buffers were seen > as appropriate as the data to be operated on is usually quite small. However, > some hardware seems to support scatter lists (CAAM was mentioned). I think an SG interface makes sense even if today's algorithms don't need it. The user-space interface is naturally SG based for example. > - Split of setkey into public/private setkey function. The current > implementation provides ASN.1 structure that allows setting all three > components forming a public and private key. However, considering the next > bullet, a split int pub/priv key may need to be considered. I think this makes sense too. > - Structure of keys: The current ASN.1 structure is used solely in the kernel. > Thus, DER keys generated in user space (like by OpenSSL) can only be loaded > after a conversion. To support such DER keys out of the box, I think only the > ASN.1 definition must be changed. In addition, the setkey function must be > split as the ASN.1 structures of a DER pub and private key are completely > different. Ditto. Thanks, -- Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt -- 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
