linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] crypto: AF_ALG: user space interface for cipher info

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Date:	Thu, 20 Nov 2014 12:07:48 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
Cc:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	quentin.gouchet@...il.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, ABI/API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/10] crypto: AF_ALG: user space interface for cipher
 info

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 05:03:24AM +0100, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>
> crypto_user cannot be applied to the currently active cipher that one has open 
> with AF_ALG. For getting information, one has to call crypto_user with the 
> cra_driver_name of a cipher. (Why is that limitation, btw (see crypto_report 
> and the use of cru_driver_name?)

It doesn't matter because every implementation must supply exactly
the same parameters as the reference implementation or it's buggy.
IOW block size, IV size, supported key sizes etc. are intrinsic
properties of the algorithm and not the implementation.

Cheers,
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