linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v2 1/2] crypto: add PKE API

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Date:	Sat, 23 May 2015 13:47:35 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Developers List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	keescook@...omium.org, jwboyer@...hat.com, richard@....at,
	steved@...hat.com, qat-linux@...el.com, dhowells@...hat.com,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, james.l.morris@...cle.com,
	jkosina@...e.cz, zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, davem@...emloft.net,
	vgoyal@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 1/2] crypto: add PKE API

On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 11:37:49AM -0700, Tadeusz Struk wrote:
>
> /**
>  * struct akcipher_request - public key request
>  *
>  * @base:	Common attributes for async crypto requests
>  * @inparams:	scatterlist of input parameters (one ent per parameter)
>  *		for the operation as defined in RFC.
>  *		For instance for rsa encrypt only one input param is required,
>  *		(i.e. 'm' - message) as specified in RFC3447 sec 5.1.1
>  *		(Note: the key belongs to the tfm)
>  * @outparams:	scatterlist of output parameters (one ent per parameter)
>  *		for the operation as defined in RFC.
>  *		For instance for rsa encrypt only one output param will be
>  *		produced (i.e. 'c' - cipher text) as specified in
>  *		RFC3447 sec 5.1.1
>  *
>  * @__ctx:	Start of private context data
>  */
> struct akcipher_request {
> 	struct crypto_async_request base;
> 	struct scatterlist *inparams;
> 	struct scatterlist *outparams;
> 	void *__ctx[] CRYPTO_MINALIGN_ATTR;
> };

I think you should rename them to src/dst and add a length argument.
Limiting them to one entry also seems strange.  When do you need more
one parameter?

> /**
>  * struct akcipher_alg - generic public key algorithm
>  *
>  * @sign:	Function performs a sign operation as defined by public key
>  *		algorithm
>  * @verify:	Function performs a sign operation as defined by public key
>  *		algorithm
>  * @encrypt:	Function performs an encrypt operation as defined by public key
>  *		algorithm
>  * @decrypt:	Function performs a decrypt operation as defined by public key
>  *		algorithm
>  * @reqsize:	Request context size required by algorithm implementation
>  *
>  * @base:	Common crypto API algorithm data structure
>  */
> struct akcipher_alg {
> 	int (*sign)(struct akcipher_request *req);
> 	int (*verify)(struct akcipher_request *req);
> 	int (*encrypt)(struct akcipher_request *req);
> 	int (*decrypt)(struct akcipher_request *req);

Looks good.  You'll also need a setkey (or perhaps two) function.

Thanks,
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