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author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-09-08 01:01:14 -0300 |
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committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-09-08 01:01:14 -0300 |
commit | e5fd91f1ef340da553f7a79da9540c3db711c937 (patch) | |
tree | b11842027dc6641da63f4bcc524f8678263304a3 /Documentation/DocBook/crypto-API.tmpl | |
parent | 2a9b0348e685a63d97486f6749622b61e9e3292f (diff) |
Linux-libre 4.2-gnu
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/crypto-API.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/crypto-API.tmpl index efc8d90a9..0992531ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/crypto-API.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/crypto-API.tmpl @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ <para> Note: The terms "transformation" and cipher algorithm are used - interchangably. + interchangeably. </para> </sect1> @@ -536,8 +536,8 @@ <para> For other use cases of AEAD ciphers, the ASCII art applies as - well, but the caller may not use the GIVCIPHER interface. In - this case, the caller must generate the IV. + well, but the caller may not use the AEAD cipher with a separate + IV generator. In this case, the caller must generate the IV. </para> <para> @@ -584,8 +584,8 @@ kernel crypto API | IPSEC Layer | +-----------+ | | | (1) -| givcipher | <----------------------------------- esp_output -| (seqiv) | ---+ +| aead | <----------------------------------- esp_output +| (seqniv) | ---+ +-----------+ | | (2) +-----------+ | @@ -620,8 +620,8 @@ kernel crypto API | IPSEC Layer <orderedlist> <listitem> <para> - esp_output() invokes crypto_aead_givencrypt() to trigger an encryption - operation of the GIVCIPHER implementation. + esp_output() invokes crypto_aead_encrypt() to trigger an encryption + operation of the AEAD cipher with IV generator. </para> <para> @@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ struct sockaddr_alg sa = { <sect1><title>Zero-Copy Interface</title> <para> - In addition to the send/write/read/recv system call familty, the AF_ALG + In addition to the send/write/read/recv system call family, the AF_ALG interface can be accessed with the zero-copy interface of splice/vmsplice. As the name indicates, the kernel tries to avoid a copy operation into kernel space. @@ -1669,9 +1669,19 @@ read(opfd, out, outlen); </chapter> <chapter id="API"><title>Programming Interface</title> + <para> + Please note that the kernel crypto API contains the AEAD givcrypt + API (crypto_aead_giv* and aead_givcrypt_* function calls in + include/crypto/aead.h). This API is obsolete and will be removed + in the future. To obtain the functionality of an AEAD cipher with + internal IV generation, use the IV generator as a regular cipher. + For example, rfc4106(gcm(aes)) is the AEAD cipher with external + IV generation and seqniv(rfc4106(gcm(aes))) implies that the kernel + crypto API generates the IV. Different IV generators are available. + </para> <sect1><title>Block Cipher Context Data Structures</title> !Pinclude/linux/crypto.h Block Cipher Context Data Structures -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h aead_request +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h aead_request </sect1> <sect1><title>Block Cipher Algorithm Definitions</title> !Pinclude/linux/crypto.h Block Cipher Algorithm Definitions @@ -1680,7 +1690,7 @@ read(opfd, out, outlen); !Finclude/linux/crypto.h aead_alg !Finclude/linux/crypto.h blkcipher_alg !Finclude/linux/crypto.h cipher_alg -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h rng_alg +!Finclude/crypto/rng.h rng_alg </sect1> <sect1><title>Asynchronous Block Cipher API</title> !Pinclude/linux/crypto.h Asynchronous Block Cipher API @@ -1704,26 +1714,27 @@ read(opfd, out, outlen); !Finclude/linux/crypto.h ablkcipher_request_set_crypt </sect1> <sect1><title>Authenticated Encryption With Associated Data (AEAD) Cipher API</title> -!Pinclude/linux/crypto.h Authenticated Encryption With Associated Data (AEAD) Cipher API -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h crypto_alloc_aead -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h crypto_free_aead -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h crypto_aead_ivsize -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h crypto_aead_authsize -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h crypto_aead_blocksize -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h crypto_aead_setkey -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h crypto_aead_setauthsize -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h crypto_aead_encrypt -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h crypto_aead_decrypt +!Pinclude/crypto/aead.h Authenticated Encryption With Associated Data (AEAD) Cipher API +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h crypto_alloc_aead +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h crypto_free_aead +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h crypto_aead_ivsize +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h crypto_aead_authsize +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h crypto_aead_blocksize +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h crypto_aead_setkey +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h crypto_aead_setauthsize +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h crypto_aead_encrypt +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h crypto_aead_decrypt </sect1> <sect1><title>Asynchronous AEAD Request Handle</title> -!Pinclude/linux/crypto.h Asynchronous AEAD Request Handle -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h crypto_aead_reqsize -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h aead_request_set_tfm -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h aead_request_alloc -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h aead_request_free -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h aead_request_set_callback -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h aead_request_set_crypt -!Finclude/linux/crypto.h aead_request_set_assoc +!Pinclude/crypto/aead.h Asynchronous AEAD Request Handle +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h crypto_aead_reqsize +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h aead_request_set_tfm +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h aead_request_alloc +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h aead_request_free +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h aead_request_set_callback +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h aead_request_set_crypt +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h aead_request_set_assoc +!Finclude/crypto/aead.h aead_request_set_ad </sect1> <sect1><title>Synchronous Block Cipher API</title> !Pinclude/linux/crypto.h Synchronous Block Cipher API |