linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Removing CTR mode from NX driver

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Message-ID: <20150810154223.GF21143@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2015 23:42:23 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	"Leonidas S. Barbosa" <leosilva@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	pfsmorigo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Removing CTR mode from NX driver

On Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 06:31:01PM -0300, Leonidas S. Barbosa wrote:
> CTR hardware implementation does not match with kernel spec causing a counter bug
> where just low 8 bytes are used for counter, when should be all 16bytes.
> 
> Since we already have other counter modes working according with specs
> not worth to keep CTR itself on NX.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leonidas S. Barbosa <leosilva@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied.
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