Re: [PATCH v0 3/8] crypto: hbk flags & info added to the tfm

[Herbert Xu]

On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 06:38:32PM +0530, Pankaj Gupta wrote:
> Consumer of the kernel crypto api, after allocating
> the transformation (tfm), sets the:
> - flag 'is_hbk'
> - structure 'struct hw_bound_key_info hbk_info'
> based on the type of key, the consumer is using.
> 
> 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@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/crypto.h | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Nack.  You still have not provided a convincing argument why
this is necessary since there are plenty of existing drivers in
the kernel already providing similar features.

Cheers,
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