linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/23] crypto: provide single place for hash algo information

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Message-ID: <20131022113203.GA8965@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:32:03 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>
Cc:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@...sung.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/23] crypto: provide single place for hash algo
 information

On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:29:56PM +0100, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote:
>
> We are not adding user-space interface.
> We just need to algo definitions which are in sync between user space,
> IMA/EVM and kernel module signing.
> Module signing perl script uses hard coded values. We want to improve
> it export them to user space.
> 
> But please give us a hint, what crypto user-space API helps for us?

OK, if you're not exporting the kernel asymmetric key code then
that's fine.

Cheers,
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