linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 13/18] crypto: rsa-psspad: Get signature parameters from a given signature

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Date:   Fri, 14 May 2021 18:45:35 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Varad Gautam <varad.gautam@...e.com>
Cc:     linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, dhowells@...hat.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, vt@...linux.org,
        tianjia.zhang@...ux.alibaba.com, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jarkko@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 13/18] crypto: rsa-psspad: Get signature parameters
 from a given signature

On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 01:41:18PM +0200, Varad Gautam wrote:
>
> +static int psspad_set_sig_params(struct crypto_akcipher *tfm,
> +				 const void *sig,
> +				 unsigned int siglen)
> +{
> +	struct akcipher_instance *inst = akcipher_alg_instance(tfm);
> +	struct rsapad_inst_ctx *ictx = akcipher_instance_ctx(inst);
> +	const struct public_key_signature *s = sig;
> +
> +	if (!sig)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	ictx->salt_len = s->salt_length;
> +	ictx->mgf_hash_algo = s->mgf_hash_algo;

Is there any reason why this couldn't be embedded into the key
instead?

Thanks,
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