linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v5 2/4] crypto: add PKE API

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Message-ID: <557F99A6.3010904@intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 15 Jun 2015 20:36:06 -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, smueller@...onox.de, 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 v5 2/4] crypto: add PKE API

On 06/15/2015 08:25 PM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> The current parse_key function requires all three number to be
> present, n, e, and d, no?

No, it will handle whatever it will find. So if a public key will be passed it will only set "n" and "e".
If a private key will be passed it will set all three "n", "e", and "d".
Then during operation I check if there is everything that's required.



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