On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 06:38:32PM +0530, Pankaj Gupta wrote: > Consumer of the kernel crypto api, after allocating > the transformation (tfm), sets the: > - flag 'is_hbk' > - structure 'struct hw_bound_key_info hbk_info' > based on the type of key, the consumer is using. > > This helps: > > - This helps to influence the core processing logic > for the encapsulated algorithm. > - This flag is set by the consumer after allocating > the tfm and before calling the function crypto_xxx_setkey(). > > Signed-off-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@xxxxxxx> > --- > include/linux/crypto.h | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) Nack. You still have not provided a convincing argument why this is necessary since there are plenty of existing drivers in the kernel already providing similar features. Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
