linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] x509: Add support for parsing x509 certs with NIST p256 keys

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Message-ID: <20210127193152.GA27505@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Thu, 28 Jan 2021 06:31:52 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, patrick@...terwijk.org,
        Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] x509: Add support for parsing x509 certs with
 NIST p256 keys

On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 07:33:49AM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
>
> +static struct akcipher_alg ecc_nist_p256 = {
> +	.verify = ecdsa_verify,
> +	.set_pub_key = ecc_set_pub_key,
> +	.max_size = ecc_nist_p256_max_size,
> +	.init = ecc_nist_p256_init_tfm,
> +	.exit = ecc_exit_tfm,
> +	.base = {
> +		.cra_name = "nist_p256",
> +		.cra_driver_name = "ecc-nist-p256",
> +		.cra_priority = 100,
> +		.cra_module = THIS_MODULE,
> +		.cra_ctxsize = sizeof(struct ecc_ctx),
> +	},
> +};

This is not how we name generic algorithms.

Please split this out and submit them through the crypto tree
instead.

Thanks,
-- 
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
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