Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] crypto: af_alg - Add nokey compatibility path | From | Milan Broz <> | Date | Fri, 8 Jan 2016 19:21:12 +0100 |
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On 01/08/2016 01:48 PM, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 01:33:54PM +0100, Milan Broz wrote: >> >> - hmac() is now failing the same way (SETKEY after accept()) >> (I initially tested without two patches above, these are not in linux-next yet.) >> This breaks all cryptsetup TrueCrypt support (and moreover all systems if >> kernel crypto API is set as a default vcrypto backend - but that's not default). > > Yes algif_hash would need the same compatibility patch and I'm > working on that.
Ok, I fixed this already.
> >> - cipher_null before worked without setkey, now it requires to set key >> (either before or after accept(). >> This was actually probably bad workaround in cryptsetup, anyway it will now cause >> old cryptsetup-reencrypt tool failing with your patches. >> (Try "cryptsetup benchmark -c cipher_null-ecb". I am not sure what to do here, >> but not requiring setkey for "cipher" that has no key internally seems ok for me...) > > Is cipher_null actually used in production or is this just a > benchmark? Using the kernel crypto API to perform no encryption > sounds crazy.
Except benchmarks (I do not care about this) we use cipher_null in cryptsetup-reencrypt when adding encryption in-place (plaintext-only device is converted to LUKS, cipher_null is used during conversion for original plainext device, then offline converted to some real cipher with key). (It reuses the same logic as re-encryption, IOW volume key change.)
So it is used in production but just for this specific case.
Thanks, Milan
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