Re: [PATCH v3] Instantiate key with user-provided decrypted data.

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On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 12:17:57PM -0500, Yael Tiomkin wrote:
> The encrypted.c class supports instantiation of encrypted keys with
> either an already-encrypted key material, or by generating new key
> material based on random numbers. To support encryption of
> user-provided decrypted data, this patch defines a new datablob
> format: [<format>] <master-key name> <decrypted data length>
> <decrypted data>.

So, the code change looks quite legit but why is this needed?

This part is missing from the commit message.

/Jarkko



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