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2019-11-17crypto: ablkcipher - remove deprecated and unused ablkcipher supportArd Biesheuvel1-19/+1
Now that all users of the deprecated ablkcipher interface have been moved to the skcipher interface, ablkcipher is no longer used and can be removed. Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2019-11-01crypto: skcipher - remove the "blkcipher" algorithm typeEric Biggers1-10/+1
Now that all "blkcipher" algorithms have been converted to "skcipher", remove the blkcipher algorithm type. The skcipher (symmetric key cipher) algorithm type was introduced a few years ago to replace both blkcipher and ablkcipher (synchronous and asynchronous block cipher). The advantages of skcipher include: - A much less confusing name, since none of these algorithm types have ever actually been for raw block ciphers, but rather for all length-preserving encryption modes including block cipher modes of operation, stream ciphers, and other length-preserving modes. - It unified blkcipher and ablkcipher into a single algorithm type which supports both synchronous and asynchronous implementations. Note, blkcipher already operated only on scatterlists, so the fact that skcipher does too isn't a regression in functionality. - Better type safety by using struct skcipher_alg, struct crypto_skcipher, etc. instead of crypto_alg, crypto_tfm, etc. - It sometimes simplifies the implementations of algorithms. Also, the blkcipher API was no longer being tested. Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2019-11-01crypto: skcipher - remove crypto_has_ablkcipher()Eric Biggers1-1/+1
crypto_has_ablkcipher() has no users, and it does the same thing as crypto_has_skcipher() anyway. So remove it. This also removes the last user of crypto_skcipher_type() and crypto_skcipher_mask(), so remove those too. Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2019-07-03crypto: doc - Add parameter documentationHook, Gary1-1/+1
Fill in missing parameter descriptions for the compression algorithm, then pick them up to document for the compression_alg structure. Signed-off-by: Gary R Hook <gary.hook@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2017-02-15crypto: doc - fix typoGilad Ben-Yossef1-1/+1
Fix a single letter typo in api-skcipher.rst. Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2016-12-14crypto: doc - optimize compilationStephan Mueller1-145/+7
The :functions: definition allows the specification of multiple function references which prevents parsing the header file multiple times. Reported-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-12-14crypto: doc - remove crypto_alloc_ablkcipherStephan Mueller1-3/+0
Remove the documentation reference to crypto_alloc_ablkcipher as the API function call was removed. Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-12-14crypto: doc - convert crypto API documentation to SphinxStephan Mueller1-0/+203
With the conversion of the kernel crypto API DocBook to Sphinx, the monolithic document is broken up into individual documents. The documentation is unchanged with the exception of a slight reordering to keep the individual document parts self-contained. Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>