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[CRYPTO] doc: Update documentation for hash and me

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This patch updates the documentation to reflect the switch from digest
to hash.  It also replaces notes about emailing James Morris to refer
to me instead.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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Herbert Xu 2006-08-20 15:17:04 +10:00
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Documentation/crypto/api-intro.txt
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@ -19,15 +19,14 @@ At the lowest level are algorithms, which register dynamically with the
API.
'Transforms' are user-instantiated objects, which maintain state, handle all
of the implementation logic (e.g. manipulating page vectors), provide an
abstraction to the underlying algorithms, and handle common logical
operations (e.g. cipher modes, HMAC for digests). However, at the user
of the implementation logic (e.g. manipulating page vectors) and provide an
abstraction to the underlying algorithms. However, at the user
level they are very simple.
Conceptually, the API layering looks like this:
[transform api] (user interface)
[transform ops] (per-type logic glue e.g. cipher.c, digest.c)
[transform ops] (per-type logic glue e.g. cipher.c, compress.c)
[algorithm api] (for registering algorithms)
The idea is to make the user interface and algorithm registration API
@ -44,22 +43,27 @@ under development.
Here's an example of how to use the API:
#include <linux/crypto.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
struct scatterlist sg[2];
char result[128];
struct crypto_tfm *tfm;
struct crypto_hash *tfm;
struct hash_desc desc;
tfm = crypto_alloc_tfm("md5", 0);
if (tfm == NULL)
tfm = crypto_alloc_hash("md5", 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
if (IS_ERR(tfm))
fail();
/* ... set up the scatterlists ... */
desc.tfm = tfm;
desc.flags = 0;
crypto_digest_init(tfm);
crypto_digest_update(tfm, &sg, 2);
crypto_digest_final(tfm, result);
if (crypto_hash_digest(&desc, &sg, 2, result))
fail();
crypto_free_tfm(tfm);
crypto_free_hash(tfm);
Many real examples are available in the regression test module (tcrypt.c).
@ -126,7 +130,7 @@ might already be working on.
BUGS
Send bug reports to:
James Morris <jmorris@redhat.com>
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
@ -134,13 +138,14 @@ FURTHER INFORMATION
For further patches and various updates, including the current TODO
list, see:
http://samba.org/~jamesm/crypto/
http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/crypto/
AUTHORS
James Morris
David S. Miller
Herbert Xu
CREDITS
@ -238,8 +243,11 @@ Anubis algorithm contributors:
Tiger algorithm contributors:
Aaron Grothe
VIA PadLock contributors:
Michal Ludvig
Generic scatterwalk code by Adam J. Richter <adam@yggdrasil.com>
Please send any credits updates or corrections to:
James Morris <jmorris@redhat.com>
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>