linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/17] lib/crypto: Add SHA3-224, SHA3-256, SHA3-384, SHA3-512, SHAKE128, SHAKE256

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Message-ID: <aPXfzd0KBNg-MjXi@archie.me>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:07:57 +0700
From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
	"Jason A . Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/17] lib/crypto: Add SHA3-224, SHA3-256, SHA3-384,
 SHA3-512, SHAKE128, SHAKE256

On Sun, Oct 19, 2025 at 05:50:24PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> +The SHA-3 algorithm base, as specified in NIST FIPS-202[1], provides a number
> +of specific variants all based on the same basic algorithm (the Keccak sponge
> +function and permutation).  The differences between them are: the "rate" (how
> +much of the common state buffer gets updated with new data between invocations

Use reST footnotes, like:

---- >8 ----
diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/sha3.rst b/Documentation/crypto/sha3.rst
index c27da98c89b7f8..ae1fd3e01e34c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/crypto/sha3.rst
+++ b/Documentation/crypto/sha3.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SHA-3 Algorithm collection
 Overview
 ========
 
-The SHA-3 algorithm base, as specified in NIST FIPS-202[1], provides a number
+The SHA-3 algorithm base, as specified in NIST FIPS-202 [1]_, provides a number
 of specific variants all based on the same basic algorithm (the Keccak sponge
 function and permutation).  The differences between them are: the "rate" (how
 much of the common state buffer gets updated with new data between invocations
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ should use the much more comprehensive KUnit test suite instead.
 References
 ==========
 
-[1] https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.202.pdf
+.. [1] https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.202.pdf
 
 
 
> +If selectable algorithms are required then the crypto_hash API may be used
> +instead as this binds each algorithm to a specific C type.

What is crypto_hash API then? I can't find any of its documentation beside
being mentioned here.

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