On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 00:48:26 -0400, Aruna Hewapathirane said: > >> I am developing a user space program which interacts with "file system" > https://www.kernel.org/doc/htmldocs/filesystems/index.html > > > and "cryptography" > https://www.kernel.org/doc/htmldocs/crypto-API/index.html > > The best documentation IS right there in the kernel source :) And to address why there isn't a comprehensive API manual: Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt Unless you install the tools and do a 'make kerneldoc' yourself, any manual of the API will quickly grow out of date. The diffstat from v4.0 to v4.1 was: 10094 files changed, 454027 insertions(+), 253911 deletions(-) That's more churn than anybody can document - which is why LDD3, although an excellent book, is no longer in sync with the source. Also, some free advice: If this is for production use and not a toy project, find an actual security/crypto expert and have them do a review. Even better if they are onboard during the design phase. Crypto is easy to do, but a total bitch to do *right*. If you don't believe me, go look at how many times OpenSSL has been broken in the past 2 years or so.
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