Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Now that all "blkcipher" algorithms have been converted to "skcipher", > this series removes the blkcipher algorithm type. > > The skcipher (symmetric key cipher) algorithm type was introduced a few > years ago to replace both blkcipher and ablkcipher (synchronous and > asynchronous block cipher). The advantages of skcipher include: > > - A much less confusing name, since none of these algorithm types have > ever actually been for raw block ciphers, but rather for all > length-preserving encryption modes including block cipher modes of > operation, stream ciphers, and other length-preserving modes. > > - It unified blkcipher and ablkcipher into a single algorithm type > which supports both synchronous and asynchronous implementations. > Note, blkcipher already operated only on scatterlists, so the fact > that skcipher does too isn't a regression in functionality. > > - Better type safety by using struct skcipher_alg, struct > crypto_skcipher, etc. instead of crypto_alg, crypto_tfm, etc. > > - It sometimes simplifies the implementations of algorithms. > > Also, the blkcipher API was no longer being tested. > > Eric Biggers (5): > crypto: unify the crypto_has_skcipher*() functions > crypto: remove crypto_has_ablkcipher() > crypto: rename crypto_skcipher_type2 to crypto_skcipher_type > crypto: remove the "blkcipher" algorithm type > crypto: rename the crypto_blkcipher module and kconfig option > > Documentation/crypto/api-skcipher.rst | 13 +- > Documentation/crypto/architecture.rst | 2 - > Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst | 27 +- > arch/arm/crypto/Kconfig | 6 +- > arch/arm64/crypto/Kconfig | 8 +- > crypto/Kconfig | 84 ++-- > crypto/Makefile | 7 +- > crypto/api.c | 2 +- > crypto/blkcipher.c | 548 -------------------------- > crypto/cryptd.c | 2 +- > crypto/crypto_user_stat.c | 4 - > crypto/essiv.c | 6 +- > crypto/skcipher.c | 124 +----- > drivers/crypto/Kconfig | 52 +-- > drivers/crypto/amlogic/Kconfig | 2 +- > drivers/crypto/caam/Kconfig | 6 +- > drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/Kconfig | 2 +- > drivers/crypto/ccp/Kconfig | 2 +- > drivers/crypto/hisilicon/Kconfig | 2 +- > drivers/crypto/qat/Kconfig | 2 +- > drivers/crypto/ux500/Kconfig | 2 +- > drivers/crypto/virtio/Kconfig | 2 +- > drivers/net/wireless/cisco/Kconfig | 2 +- > include/crypto/algapi.h | 74 ---- > include/crypto/internal/skcipher.h | 12 - > include/crypto/skcipher.h | 27 +- > include/linux/crypto.h | 426 +------------------- > net/bluetooth/Kconfig | 2 +- > net/rxrpc/Kconfig | 2 +- > net/xfrm/Kconfig | 2 +- > net/xfrm/xfrm_algo.c | 4 +- > 31 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 1332 deletions(-) > delete mode 100644 crypto/blkcipher.c All applied. Thanks. -- Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
