linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 4/5] crypto: Adds user space interface for ALG_SET_KEY

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Date:   Thu, 11 Jul 2019 19:10:11 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Kalyani Akula <kalyania@...inx.com>
Cc:     Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>,
        "keyrings@...r.kernel.org" <keyrings@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sarat Chand Savitala <saratcha@...inx.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/5] crypto: Adds user space interface for
 ALG_SET_KEY_TYPE

On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 09:25:38AM +0000, Kalyani Akula wrote:
>
> How about using same interface to distinguish between the User supplied key Vs HW key selection based on key_len parameter.

As long as you use the paes name instead of aes you can do whatever
you want with the key encoding.

Cheers,
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