linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 2/7] crypto: Use GHASH digest algorithm in GCM

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Message-ID: <20090621134635.GA2980@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:46:35 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 2/7] crypto: Use GHASH digest algorithm in GCM

Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com> wrote:
>
> +       ghash = crypto_alloc_ahash("ghash", 0, 0);
> +       if (IS_ERR(ghash))
> +               return PTR_ERR(ghash);

We should add this as an extra parameter to gcm_base.  This is
so that the user can select an alternative ghash implementation.

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