From: Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@linux.intel.com>
To: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Cc: Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@linux.intel.com>,
Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@intel.com>,
dhowells@redhat.com, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au,
linux-api@vger.kernel.org, marcel@holtmann.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, keyrings@vger.kernel.org,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, dwmw2@infradead.org,
davem@davemloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/6] crypto: AF_ALG -- add asymmetric cipher interface
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 11:27:13 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.OSX.2.20.1606091126420.21471@mjmartin-mac01.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1499283.NSekfIF0FQ@tauon.atsec.com>
On Thu, 9 Jun 2016, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 9. Juni 2016, 11:18:04 schrieb Mat Martineau:
>
> Hi Mat,
>
>>> Or is your concern that the user space interface restricts things too much
>>> and thus prevents a valid use case?
>>
>> The latter - my primary concern is the constraint this places on userspace
>> by forcing larger buffer sizes than might be necessary for the operation.
>> struct akcipher_request has separate members for src_len and dst_len, and
>> dst_len is documented as needing "to be at least as big as the expected
>> result depending on the operation". Not the maximum result, the expected
>> result. It's also documented that the cipher will generate an error if
>> dst_len is insufficient and update the value with the required size.
>>
>> I'm updating some userspace TLS code that worked with an earlier, unmerged
>> patch set for AF_ALG akcipher (from last year). The read calls with
>> shorter buffers were the main porting problem.
>
> I see -- are you proposing to drop that check entirely?
Yes.
Best regards,
--
Mat Martineau
Intel OTC
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-09 18:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-05-05 19:50 [PATCH RESEND v5 0/6] crypto: algif - add akcipher Tadeusz Struk
2016-05-05 19:50 ` [PATCH RESEND v5 1/6] crypto: AF_ALG -- add sign/verify API Tadeusz Struk
2016-05-06 10:36 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-05-05 19:50 ` [PATCH RESEND v5 2/6] crypto: AF_ALG -- add setpubkey setsockopt call Tadeusz Struk
2016-05-05 19:51 ` [PATCH RESEND v5 3/6] crypto: AF_ALG -- add asymmetric cipher interface Tadeusz Struk
2016-05-05 19:51 ` [PATCH RESEND v5 4/6] crypto: algif_akcipher - enable compilation Tadeusz Struk
2016-05-05 19:51 ` [PATCH RESEND v5 5/6] crypto: algif_akcipher - add ops_nokey Tadeusz Struk
2016-05-05 19:51 ` [PATCH RESEND v5 6/6] crypto: AF_ALG - add support for key_id Tadeusz Struk
2016-05-06 11:46 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-05-13 23:32 ` Mat Martineau
2016-05-16 14:23 ` Tadeusz Struk
2016-05-11 14:25 ` [PATCH RESEND v5 0/6] crypto: algif - add akcipher David Howells
2016-05-15 4:16 ` [PATCH v6 " Tadeusz Struk
2016-05-15 4:16 ` [PATCH v6 1/6] crypto: AF_ALG -- add sign/verify API Tadeusz Struk
2016-05-15 4:16 ` [PATCH v6 2/6] crypto: AF_ALG -- add setpubkey setsockopt call Tadeusz Struk
2016-05-15 4:17 ` [PATCH v6 3/6] crypto: AF_ALG -- add asymmetric cipher interface Tadeusz Struk
2016-06-08 0:28 ` Mat Martineau
2016-06-08 5:31 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-08 19:14 ` Mat Martineau
2016-06-09 9:28 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-09 18:18 ` Mat Martineau
2016-06-09 18:24 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-09 18:27 ` Mat Martineau [this message]
2016-06-09 18:36 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-10 14:42 ` Tadeusz Struk
2016-06-22 22:45 ` Mat Martineau
2016-06-23 5:07 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-23 15:22 ` Denis Kenzior
2016-06-13 22:16 ` Andrew Zaborowski
2016-06-14 5:12 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-14 7:42 ` Andrew Zaborowski
2016-06-16 8:05 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-16 14:59 ` Andrew Zaborowski
2016-06-16 15:38 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-06-17 0:39 ` Andrew Zaborowski
2016-06-14 17:22 ` Mat Martineau
2016-06-15 7:04 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-05-15 4:17 ` [PATCH v6 4/6] crypto: algif_akcipher - enable compilation Tadeusz Struk
2016-05-15 4:17 ` [PATCH v6 5/6] crypto: algif_akcipher - add ops_nokey Tadeusz Struk
2016-05-15 4:17 ` [PATCH v6 6/6] crypto: AF_ALG - add support for key_id Tadeusz Struk
2016-05-26 0:45 ` Mat Martineau
2016-05-31 17:44 ` Tadeusz Struk
2016-05-15 11:59 ` [PATCH v6 0/6] crypto: algif - add akcipher Stephan Mueller
2016-05-16 20:46 ` Tadeusz Struk
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