linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2] crypto: Add IV generation algorithms

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Date:   Tue, 3 Jan 2017 16:23:10 +0200
From:   Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
To:     Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@...aro.org>
Cc:     Oded <oded.golombek@....com>, Ofir <Ofir.Drang@....com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        Rajendra <rnayak@...eaurora.org>, gilad.benyossef@....com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2] crypto: Add IV generation algorithms

Hi Binoy,

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 02:19:09PM +0530, Binoy Jayan wrote:
> Currently, the iv generation algorithms are implemented in dm-crypt.c.
> The goal is to move these algorithms from the dm layer to the kernel
> crypto layer by implementing them as template ciphers so they can be
> implemented in hardware for performance. As part of this patchset, the
> iv-generation code is moved from the dm layer to the crypto layer and
> adapt the dm-layer to send a whole 'bio' (as defined in the block layer)
> at a time. Each bio contains the in memory representation of physically
> contiguous disk blocks. The dm layer sets up a chained scatterlist of
> these blocks split into physically contiguous segments in memory so that
> DMA can be performed. The iv generation algorithms implemented in geniv.c
> include plain, plain64, essiv, benbi, null, lmk and tcw.
>

Good idea. I wanted to test the patch but alas it does not apply cleanly.
You seem to have a blank line at the end of files and other small
transgressions that makes checkpatch grumpy.

<snip>

Also...

>
> Not-signed-off-by: Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@...aro.org>


What is Not-signed-off-by ? :-)

Thanks,
Gilad Ben-Yossef