linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v7 2/3] crypto: rsa: add a new rsa generic implementation

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Message-ID: <20150617023630.GA7791@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2015 10:36:30 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	keescook@...omium.org, jwboyer@...hat.com, smueller@...onox.de,
	richard@....at, steved@...hat.com, qat-linux@...el.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 v7 2/3] crypto: rsa: add a new rsa generic
 implementation

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 07:32:16PM -0700, Tadeusz Struk wrote:
>
> I thought that -EBADMSG was mainly used for authenticated ciphers in case when verification of auth data fails.
> Since this are input params I thought that -EINVAL would be more appropriate.
> I can change it to -EBADMSG, no problem.
> Herbert, what do you think?

The existing crypto/asymmetric_key errno scheme doesn't really
mesh in with the rest of crypto.  So you'll just have to pick one
scheme and stick with it.

I don't really mind either way as long as the error codes are
unique and meaningful.

Cheers,
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