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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-12-17 16:00:34 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-12-17 16:00:34 -0800 |
| commit | 0aaf2146ecf00f7932f472ec5aa30d999c89530c (patch) | |
| tree | 690dd244437f1974b8132fcb1e360213f827bf94 /crypto/algif_aead.c | |
| parent | 59331c215daf600a650e281b6e8ef3e1ed1174c2 (diff) | |
| parent | 3fa71d0f58a9b9df84e8e79196f961bcfbf01b2e (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'docs-4.10-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull more documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
"This converts the crypto DocBook to Sphinx"
* tag 'docs-4.10-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux:
crypto: doc - optimize compilation
crypto: doc - clarify AEAD memory structure
crypto: doc - remove crypto_alloc_ablkcipher
crypto: doc - add KPP documentation
crypto: doc - fix separation of cipher / req API
crypto: doc - fix source comments for Sphinx
crypto: doc - remove crypto API DocBook
crypto: doc - convert crypto API documentation to Sphinx
Diffstat (limited to 'crypto/algif_aead.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | crypto/algif_aead.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/algif_aead.c b/crypto/algif_aead.c index 668ef402c6eb..f849311e9fd4 100644 --- a/crypto/algif_aead.c +++ b/crypto/algif_aead.c @@ -556,18 +556,8 @@ static int aead_recvmsg_sync(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, int flags) lock_sock(sk); /* - * AEAD memory structure: For encryption, the tag is appended to the - * ciphertext which implies that the memory allocated for the ciphertext - * must be increased by the tag length. For decryption, the tag - * is expected to be concatenated to the ciphertext. The plaintext - * therefore has a memory size of the ciphertext minus the tag length. - * - * The memory structure for cipher operation has the following - * structure: - * AEAD encryption input: assoc data || plaintext - * AEAD encryption output: cipherntext || auth tag - * AEAD decryption input: assoc data || ciphertext || auth tag - * AEAD decryption output: plaintext + * Please see documentation of aead_request_set_crypt for the + * description of the AEAD memory structure expected from the caller. */ if (ctx->more) { |