[PATCH v2 1/3] crypto: chacha20 - convert generic and x86 versions to skcipher
Herbert Xu
herbert at gondor.apana.org.au
Wed Dec 28 01:18:01 PST 2016
On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 06:04:52PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 02:33:51PM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > This converts the ChaCha20 code from a blkcipher to a skcipher, which
> > is now the preferred way to implement symmetric block and stream ciphers.
> >
> > This ports the generic and x86 versions at the same time because the
> > latter reuses routines of the former.
> >
> > Note that the skcipher_walk() API guarantees that all presented blocks
> > except the final one are a multiple of the chunk size, so we can simplify
> > the encrypt() routine somewhat.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
>
> Patch applied. Thanks.
I'm reverting this patch because it breaks the build on ARM without
the two subsequent patches.
When resubmitting please make sure that the kernel can build and
work after each patch. Otherwise git bisections will fail.
Thanks,
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