[PATCH v2] crypto: doc - clarify hash callbacks state machine

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Add a note that it is perfectly legal to "abandon" a request object:
- call .init() and then (as many times) .update()
- _not_ call any of .final(), .finup() or .export() at any point in
  future

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180222114741.GA27631@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Horia Geantă <horia.geanta@xxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst b/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst
index 66f50d32dcec..c45c6f400dbd 100644
--- a/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst
+++ b/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst
@@ -236,6 +236,14 @@ when used from another part of the kernel.
                                |
                                '---------------> HASH2
 
+Note that it is perfectly legal to "abandon" a request object:
+- call .init() and then (as many times) .update()
+- _not_ call any of .final(), .finup() or .export() at any point in future
+
+In other words implementations should mind the resource allocation and clean-up.
+No resources related to request objects should remain allocated after a call
+to .init() or .update(), since there might be no chance to free them.
+
 
 Specifics Of Asynchronous HASH Transformation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- 
2.16.2




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