linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] crypto: engine - Permit to enqueue skcipher request

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Date:   Tue, 06 Jun 2017 16:07:25 +0200
From:   Stephan Müller <smueller@...onox.de>
To:     Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>
Cc:     herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, davem@...emloft.net,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] crypto: engine - Permit to enqueue skcipher request

Am Dienstag, 6. Juni 2017, 15:44:17 CEST schrieb Corentin Labbe:

Hi Corentin,

> The crypto engine could actually only enqueue hash and ablkcipher request.
> This patch permit it to enqueue skcipher requets by adding all necessary
> functions.
> The only problem is that ablkcipher and skcipher id are the same, so
> only one cipher type is usable on the same crypto engine.

Why do you think this is needed? I thought that skcipher is the successor to 
ablkcipher AND blkcipher. I.e. ablkcipher and blkcipher should be phased out. 
Thus, I would infer that any ablkcipher support should or could be dropped.

Ciao
Stephan