netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/7] esp6: Switch to new AEAD interface

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Message-ID: <20150522071923.GA2777@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 22 May 2015 15:19:23 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
Cc:	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] esp6: Switch to new AEAD interface

On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 09:16:08AM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>
> Thanks for the pointer, but there I do not really see the functionality I am 
> looking for. I see patch 10/16 which seems to indicate that the geniv logic is 
> now to be invoked as a normal AEAD cipher. I yet fail to see where the 
> distinction is made in the code that an IV is to be generated versus the given 
> IV is to be used.

Only IV generators algorithms will generate IV.  The generated IV
will be placed at the start of cipher text.  See patches 14-16 for
the actual implementation.

Cheers,
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