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Date:   Wed, 7 Sep 2022 07:22:42 +0000
From:   Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@....com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
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Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [RFC PATCH HBK: 2/8] hw-bound-key: flag-is_hbk added to
 the tfm



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 12:13 PM
> To: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@....com>
> Cc: jarkko@...nel.org; a.fatoum@...gutronix.de; Jason@...c4.com;
> jejb@...ux.ibm.com; zohar@...ux.ibm.com; dhowells@...hat.com;
> sumit.garg@...aro.org; david@...ma-star.at; michael@...le.cc;
> john.ernberg@...ia.se; jmorris@...ei.org; serge@...lyn.com;
> davem@...emloft.net; j.luebbe@...gutronix.de; ebiggers@...nel.org;
> richard@....at; keyrings@...r.kernel.org; linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org;
> linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> security-module@...r.kernel.org; Sahil Malhotra
> <sahil.malhotra@....com>; Kshitiz Varshney <kshitiz.varshney@....com>;
> Horia Geanta <horia.geanta@....com>; Varun Sethi <V.Sethi@....com>
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [RFC PATCH HBK: 2/8] hw-bound-key: flag-is_hbk added to
> the tfm
> 
> Caution: EXT Email
> 
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 12:21:51PM +0530, Pankaj Gupta wrote:
> > Consumer of the kernel crypto api, after allocating the
> > transformation, sets this flag based on the basis of the type of key
> > consumer has. This helps:
> >
> > - This helps to influence the core processing logic
> >   for the encapsulated algorithm.
> > - This flag is set by the consumer after allocating
> >   the tfm and before calling the function crypto_xxx_setkey().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@....com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/crypto.h | 2 ++
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/crypto.h b/include/linux/crypto.h index
> > 2324ab6f1846..b4fa83ca87bd 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/crypto.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/crypto.h
> > @@ -639,6 +639,8 @@ struct crypto_tfm {
> >
> >       u32 crt_flags;
> >
> > +     unsigned int is_hbk;
> > +
> 
> We already have plenty of drivers with hardware keys in the tree.
> Plesae explain why the current support is inadequate and you need to do
> this.
> 
Current support, does not permit the hardware to support both types of keys: HBK & Plain Key, at the same time.

This change is generic and permit any driver that supports both- HBK and plain-key, to differentiate and use the keys accordingly.

> Thanks,
> --
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