On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 03:32:37PM +0800, zhenwei pi wrote: > > On 3/23/22 13:17, Eric Biggers wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 10:49:06AM +0800, zhenwei pi wrote: > > > v2 -> v3: > > > - Introduce akcipher types to qapi > > > - Add test/benchmark suite for akcipher class > > > - Seperate 'virtio_crypto: Support virtio crypto asym operation' into: > > > - crypto: Introduce akcipher crypto class > > > - virtio-crypto: Introduce RSA algorithm > > > > > > v1 -> v2: > > > - Update virtio_crypto.h from v2 version of related kernel patch. > > > > > > v1: > > > - Support akcipher for virtio-crypto. > > > - Introduce akcipher class. > > > - Introduce ASN1 decoder into QEMU. > > > - Implement RSA backend by nettle/hogweed. > > > > > > Lei He (3): > > > crypto-akcipher: Introduce akcipher types to qapi > > > crypto: Implement RSA algorithm by hogweed > > > tests/crypto: Add test suite for crypto akcipher > > > > > > Zhenwei Pi (3): > > > virtio-crypto: header update > > > crypto: Introduce akcipher crypto class > > > virtio-crypto: Introduce RSA algorithm > > > > You forgot to describe the point of this patchset and what its use case is. > > Like any other Linux kernel patchset, that needs to be in the cover letter. > > > > - Eric > Thanks Eric for pointing this missing part. > > This feature provides akcipher service offloading capability. QEMU side > handles asymmetric requests via virtio-crypto devices from guest side, do > encrypt/decrypt/sign/verify operations on host side, and return the result > to guest. > > This patchset implements a RSA backend by hogweed from nettle, it works > together with guest patch: > https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/3/1/1425 So what is the use case? - Eric
