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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 This API is obsolete and will be removed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