linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] crypto: Add IV generation algorithms

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Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2016 13:16:46 +0530
From:   Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@...aro.org>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     Oded <oded.golombek@....com>, Ofir <Ofir.Drang@....com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] crypto: Add IV generation algorithms

Hi Herbert,

On 29 November 2016 at 12:58, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> wrote:
> But that begs the question, who is supposed to use crypto_geniv_set_ctx?
> I thought it was dm-crypt but your patch doesn't contain any uses
> of it at all.

No one is using it as of now. It was just a thought to pass context
information, instead of making it part of the context which is shared
among dm-crypt and geniv.

-Binoy