netdev - Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/18] crypto: Add generic Kerberos library

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Date:   Tue, 1 Dec 2020 19:46:38 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     bfields@...ldses.org, trond.myklebust@...merspace.com,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/18] crypto: Add generic Kerberos library

On Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 08:44:33AM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Btw, would it be feasible to make it so that an extra parameter can be added
> to the cipher buffer-supplying functions, e.g.:
> 
> 	skcipher_request_set_crypt(req, input, ciphertext_sg, esize, iv);
> 
> such that we can pass in an offset into the output sg as well?

Couldn't you just change the output sg to include the offset?

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