Commit 6cb8815f41 ("crypto: sig - Add interface for sign/verify")
began a transition of asymmetric sign/verify operations from
crypto_akcipher to a new crypto_sig frontend.
Internally, the crypto_sig frontend still uses akcipher_alg as backend,
however:
"The link between sig and akcipher is meant to be temporary. The
plan is to create a new low-level API for sig and then migrate
the signature code over to that from akcipher."
https://lore.kernel.org/r/ZrG6w9wsb-iiLZIF@gondor.apana.org.au/
"having a separate alg for sig is definitely where we want to
be since there is very little that the two types actually share."
https://lore.kernel.org/r/ZrHlpz4qnre0zWJO@gondor.apana.org.au/
Take the next step of that migration and augment the crypto_sig frontend
with a sig_alg backend to which all algorithms can be moved.
During the migration, there will briefly be signature algorithms that
are still based on crypto_akcipher, whilst others are already based on
crypto_sig. Allow for that by building a fork into crypto_sig_*() API
calls (i.e. crypto_sig_maxsize() and friends) such that one of the two
backends is selected based on the transform's cra_type.
Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
"class:: toc-title" was a workaround for older Sphinx versions that are
no longer supported.
The canonical way to add a heading to the ToC is to use :caption:.
Do that.
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
Cc: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231027081830.195056-5-vegard.nossum@oracle.com
Remove dead code related to internal IV generators, which are no longer
used since they've been replaced with the "seqiv" and "echainiv"
templates. The removed code includes:
- The "givcipher" (GIVCIPHER) algorithm type. No algorithms are
registered with this type anymore, so it's unneeded.
- The "const char *geniv" member of aead_alg, ablkcipher_alg, and
blkcipher_alg. A few algorithms still set this, but it isn't used
anymore except to show via /proc/crypto and CRYPTO_MSG_GETALG.
Just hardcode "<default>" or "<none>" in those cases.
- The 'skcipher_givcrypt_request' structure, which is never used.
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Add the KPP API documentation to the kernel crypto API Sphinx
documentation. This addition includes the documentation of the
ECDH and DH helpers which are needed to create the approrpiate input
data for the crypto_kpp_set_secret function.
Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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>
