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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 5/8] crypto: AF_ALG: add user space interface for RNG
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Am Montag, 22. Dezember 2014, 22:27:30 schrieb Herbert Xu:

Hi Herbert,

> On Sun, Dec 07, 2014 at 11:23:48PM +0100, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> > Allow user space to seed / reset the RNG via a setsockopt.
> >
> > This patch reuses alg_setkey to copy data into the kernel. The
> > alg_setkey is now used for two mechanisms: setkey and seeding.
> > The function is extended by the providing the function pointer
> > to the function handling the copied data.
> >
> > As the alg_setkey is now usable for more than just setkey, it is renamed
> > to alg_setop.
>
> Just call it setkey, there is no harm in treating the seed as a key
> is there?
>
> In fact we should have done this from the very start.
> crypto_rng_reset should be renamed crypto_rng_setkey.

Ok, that means I will drop this patch entirely and wire up the reseeding
function in algif_rng.c with setkey.
>
> Cheers,


--
Ciao
Stephan


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