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diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst b/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst index c45c6f400dbd..f9d288015acc 100644 --- a/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst +++ b/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst @@ -128,25 +128,20 @@ process requests that are unaligned. This implies, however, additional overhead as the kernel crypto API needs to perform the realignment of the data which may imply moving of data. -Cipher Definition With struct blkcipher_alg and ablkcipher_alg -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Cipher Definition With struct skcipher_alg +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Struct blkcipher_alg defines a synchronous block cipher whereas struct -ablkcipher_alg defines an asynchronous block cipher. +Struct skcipher_alg defines a multi-block cipher, or more generally, a +length-preserving symmetric cipher algorithm. -Please refer to the single block cipher description for schematics of -the block cipher usage. +Scatterlist handling +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Specifics Of Asynchronous Multi-Block Cipher -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -There are a couple of specifics to the asynchronous interface. - -First of all, some of the drivers will want to use the Generic -ScatterWalk in case the hardware needs to be fed separate chunks of the -scatterlist which contains the plaintext and will contain the -ciphertext. Please refer to the ScatterWalk interface offered by the -Linux kernel scatter / gather list implementation. +Some drivers will want to use the Generic ScatterWalk in case the +hardware needs to be fed separate chunks of the scatterlist which +contains the plaintext and will contain the ciphertext. Please refer +to the ScatterWalk interface offered by the Linux kernel scatter / +gather list implementation. Hashing [HASH] -------------- |