> -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Biggers [mailto:ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2019 3:23 AM > To: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Pascal Van Leeuwen <pvanleeuwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Christophe Leroy > <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx>; linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: another testmgr question > > On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:25:52AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > All userland clients of the in-kernel crypto use it specifically to > > access h/w accelerators, given that software crypto doesn't require > > the higher privilege level (no point in issuing those AES CPU > > instructions from the kernel if you can issue them in your program > > directly) > > Unfortunately people also use AF_ALG because they're too lazy to use a > userspace > crypto library, e.g. systemd uses it for HMAC-SHA256, and iproute2 uses it > for > SHA-1. > > - Eric > Are they really too lazy or just under the impression they will benefit from that somehow? Maybe someone education is in order ... Regards, Pascal van Leeuwen Silicon IP Architect, Multi-Protocol Engines @ Inside Secure www.insidesecure.com
