Re: [PATCH 2/3] crypto: engine - find request type with cra_type

From: Corentin Labbe
Date: Fri Aug 18 2017 - 07:40:24 EST


On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 04:28:37PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 03:17:24PM +0200, Corentin Labbe wrote:
> > The current method for finding request type is based on crypto_tfm_alg_type.
> >
> > But in case of skcipher, it is the same than ablkcipher.
> > Using cra_type for this work permits to make the distinction between the two.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> I think you misunderstood my suggestion. I'm not saying that
> you should use cra_type to distinguish all crypto types, it should
> only be used to distinguish ablkcipher from skcipher.
>

Will change that in v4

Thanks