linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v3 2/3] crypto: RSA: KEYS: convert rsa and public key to new PKE API

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Date:	Thu, 04 Jun 2015 10:23:30 -0700
From:	Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:	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 v3 2/3] crypto: RSA: KEYS: convert rsa and public
 key to new PKE API

On 06/03/2015 11:53 PM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> I'd like to see this split into multiple patches.  First of all
> the new crypto_akcipher implementation should coexist with the
> existing code.  That way the exiting users can be converted over
> one-by-one.
> 
> Also you should implement the crypto_akcipher completely before
> converting anybody over, that means doing encoding/wrapping in
> addition to the crypto.
> 
> That way we don't have to have craziness like converting in and
> out of MPI multiple times.

That's cool. It will make it easier for me. I wanted to convert
one to show that the interface is working.

> 
> Lastly you should consider adding an MPI helper that writes to
> an existing buffer instead of allocating a new one and copying
> it over.

I'll think about something.

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