linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 4/7] crypto: add ecc curve and expose them

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Date:   Mon, 1 Feb 2021 11:45:16 +0800
From:   yumeng <yumeng18@...wei.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        <xuzaibo@...wei.com>, <wangzhou1@...ilicon.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        "Daniele Alessandrelli" <daniele.alessandrelli@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mark Gross <mgross@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Khurana, Prabhjot" <prabhjot.khurana@...el.com>,
        "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 4/7] crypto: add ecc curve and expose them



在 2021/1/28 13:03, Herbert Xu 写道:
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 03:09:52PM +0800, Meng Yu wrote:
>> 1. Add ecc curves(P224, P384, P521) for ECDH;
> 
> OK I think this is getting unwieldy.
> 
> In light of the fact that we already have hardware that supports
> a specific subset of curves, I think perhaps it would be better
> to move the curve ID from the key into the algorithm name instead.
> 
> IOW, instead of allocating ecdh, you would allocate ecdh-nist-pXXX.
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> Thanks,
> 

Yes，It is a good idea, thank you!