linux-kernel - Re: Problem with RSA test from testmgr

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Date:   Thu, 2 Mar 2017 08:30:10 -0800
From:   Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>
To:     Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>,
        Stephan Müller <smueller@...onox.de>
Cc:     herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Problem with RSA test from testmgr

On 03/01/2017 10:21 PM, Corentin Labbe wrote:
> I am finishing a patch that made testmgr test both (padded and unpadded).

Even if you patch the test vectors there is no guarantee that a user
of the API will always have the plain text padded.
It can be anything between 1 and the key size.
This needs to be the driver who adds padding if needed.
See how other implementations handle it.
Thanks,
-- 
Tadeusz