linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/18] crypto: dh - introduce support for ephemeral key generation to hpre driver

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Date:   Wed, 1 Dec 2021 08:30:17 +0100
From:   Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To:     Nicolai Stange <nstange@...e.de>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Stephan Müller <smueller@...onox.de>,
        Torsten Duwe <duwe@...e.de>, Zaibo Xu <xuzaibo@...wei.com>,
        Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@...el.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        qat-linux@...el.com, keyrings@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/18] crypto: dh - introduce support for ephemeral key
 generation to hpre driver

On 12/1/21 1:48 AM, Nicolai Stange wrote:
> A previous patch made the dh-generic implementation's ->set_secret() to
> generate an ephemeral key in case the input ->key_size is zero, just in
> analogy with ecdh. Make the hpre crypto driver's DH implementation to
> behave consistently by doing the same.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolai Stange <nstange@...e.de>
> ---
>   drivers/crypto/hisilicon/hpre/hpre_crypto.c | 11 +++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
Can't really comment here, but FWIW:

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>

Cheers,

Hannes
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