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
