What are "hbk flags & info" and "the tfm"? There can be multiple instances of struct crypto_tfm in the kernel. Maybe "crypto: Add hbk_info and is_hbk to struct crypto_tfm" ? 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(). I don't really get "this helps part". > > Signed-off-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@xxxxxxx> > --- > include/linux/crypto.h | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/include/linux/crypto.h b/include/linux/crypto.h > index 2324ab6f1846..cd476f8a1cb4 100644 > --- a/include/linux/crypto.h > +++ b/include/linux/crypto.h > @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ > #include <linux/refcount.h> > #include <linux/slab.h> > #include <linux/completion.h> > +#include <linux/hw_bound_key.h> > > /* > * Autoloaded crypto modules should only use a prefixed name to avoid allowing > @@ -639,6 +640,10 @@ struct crypto_tfm { > > u32 crt_flags; > > + unsigned int is_hbk; Not sure why not just use bool as type here. > + > + struct hw_bound_key_info hbk_info; > + > int node; > > void (*exit)(struct crypto_tfm *tfm); > -- > 2.17.1 > BR, Jarkko