Re: [PATCH 11/21] nvme-auth: common: use crypto library in nvme_auth_generate_digest()

From: Hannes Reinecke

Date: Tue Mar 03 2026 - 02:41:06 EST


On 3/2/26 08:59, Eric Biggers wrote:
For the HMAC computation in nvme_auth_generate_digest(), use the crypto
library instead of crypto_shash. This is simpler, faster, and more
reliable. Notably, this eliminates the crypto transformation object
allocation for every call, which was very slow.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
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drivers/nvme/common/auth.c | 87 +++++++++++---------------------------
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>

Cheers,

Hannes
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