Messages in this thread | | | From | Stephan Mueller <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v11 1/2] crypto: AF_ALG: add AEAD support | Date | Mon, 26 Jan 2015 05:35:07 +0100 |
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Am Montag, 26. Januar 2015, 11:06:31 schrieb Herbert Xu:
Hi Herbert,
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 02:19:17AM +0100, Stephan Mueller wrote: > > + /* > > + * Require exactly one IOV block as the AEAD operation is a one shot > > + * due to the authentication tag. > > + */ > > + if (msg->msg_iter.nr_segs != 1) > > + return -ENOMSG; > > Why does limit exist? The fact that you have to do it in one go does > not limit the number of receive IOVs, at least not to one.
It seems I have misunderstood you in the last discussion.
in the last discussion [1] I tried to explain why I did not consider multiple IOVs. In the reply to my answer [2] I seem to have understood that the current implementation is fine.
So, shall I now implement the multiple IOVs approach outlined in [1]? If yes, how many IOVs shall I consider? > > Cheers,
[1] http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-crypto/msg12861.html
[2] http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-crypto/msg12935.html -- Ciao Stephan
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