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Commit 90240ffb authored by Stephan Mueller's avatar Stephan Mueller Committed by Herbert Xu
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crypto: doc - AHASH API documentation



The API function calls exported by the kernel crypto API for AHASHes
to be used by consumers are documented.

Signed-off-by: default avatarStephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
parent 5d8c723f
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@@ -202,11 +202,35 @@ struct crypto_shash {
	struct crypto_tfm base;
};

/**
 * DOC: Asynchronous Message Digest API
 *
 * The asynchronous message digest API is used with the ciphers of type
 * CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_AHASH (listed as type "ahash" in /proc/crypto)
 *
 * The asynchronous cipher operation discussion provided for the
 * CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_ABLKCIPHER API applies here as well.
 */

static inline struct crypto_ahash *__crypto_ahash_cast(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
{
	return container_of(tfm, struct crypto_ahash, base);
}

/**
 * crypto_alloc_ahash() - allocate ahash cipher handle
 * @alg_name: is the cra_name / name or cra_driver_name / driver name of the
 *	      ahash cipher
 * @type: specifies the type of the cipher
 * @mask: specifies the mask for the cipher
 *
 * Allocate a cipher handle for an ahash. The returned struct
 * crypto_ahash is the cipher handle that is required for any subsequent
 * API invocation for that ahash.
 *
 * Return: allocated cipher handle in case of success; IS_ERR() is true in case
 *	   of an error, PTR_ERR() returns the error code.
 */
struct crypto_ahash *crypto_alloc_ahash(const char *alg_name, u32 type,
					u32 mask);

@@ -215,6 +239,10 @@ static inline struct crypto_tfm *crypto_ahash_tfm(struct crypto_ahash *tfm)
	return &tfm->base;
}

/**
 * crypto_free_ahash() - zeroize and free the ahash handle
 * @tfm: cipher handle to be freed
 */
static inline void crypto_free_ahash(struct crypto_ahash *tfm)
{
	crypto_destroy_tfm(tfm, crypto_ahash_tfm(tfm));
@@ -238,6 +266,16 @@ static inline struct hash_alg_common *crypto_hash_alg_common(
	return __crypto_hash_alg_common(crypto_ahash_tfm(tfm)->__crt_alg);
}

/**
 * crypto_ahash_digestsize() - obtain message digest size
 * @tfm: cipher handle
 *
 * The size for the message digest created by the message digest cipher
 * referenced with the cipher handle is returned.
 *
 *
 * Return: message digest size of cipher
 */
static inline unsigned int crypto_ahash_digestsize(struct crypto_ahash *tfm)
{
	return crypto_hash_alg_common(tfm)->digestsize;
@@ -263,12 +301,32 @@ static inline void crypto_ahash_clear_flags(struct crypto_ahash *tfm, u32 flags)
	crypto_tfm_clear_flags(crypto_ahash_tfm(tfm), flags);
}

/**
 * crypto_ahash_reqtfm() - obtain cipher handle from request
 * @req: asynchronous request handle that contains the reference to the ahash
 *	 cipher handle
 *
 * Return the ahash cipher handle that is registered with the asynchronous
 * request handle ahash_request.
 *
 * Return: ahash cipher handle
 */
static inline struct crypto_ahash *crypto_ahash_reqtfm(
	struct ahash_request *req)
{
	return __crypto_ahash_cast(req->base.tfm);
}

/**
 * crypto_ahash_reqsize() - obtain size of the request data structure
 * @tfm: cipher handle
 *
 * Return the size of the ahash state size. With the crypto_ahash_export
 * function, the caller can export the state into a buffer whose size is
 * defined with this function.
 *
 * Return: size of the ahash state
 */
static inline unsigned int crypto_ahash_reqsize(struct crypto_ahash *tfm)
{
	return tfm->reqsize;
@@ -279,38 +337,166 @@ static inline void *ahash_request_ctx(struct ahash_request *req)
	return req->__ctx;
}

/**
 * crypto_ahash_setkey - set key for cipher handle
 * @tfm: cipher handle
 * @key: buffer holding the key
 * @keylen: length of the key in bytes
 *
 * The caller provided key is set for the ahash cipher. The cipher
 * handle must point to a keyed hash in order for this function to succeed.
 *
 * Return: 0 if the setting of the key was successful; < 0 if an error occurred
 */
int crypto_ahash_setkey(struct crypto_ahash *tfm, const u8 *key,
			unsigned int keylen);

/**
 * crypto_ahash_finup() - update and finalize message digest
 * @req: reference to the ahash_request handle that holds all information
 *	 needed to perform the cipher operation
 *
 * This function is a "short-hand" for the function calls of
 * crypto_ahash_update and crypto_shash_final. The parameters have the same
 * meaning as discussed for those separate functions.
 *
 * Return: 0 if the message digest creation was successful; < 0 if an error
 *	   occurred
 */
int crypto_ahash_finup(struct ahash_request *req);

/**
 * crypto_ahash_final() - calculate message digest
 * @req: reference to the ahash_request handle that holds all information
 *	 needed to perform the cipher operation
 *
 * Finalize the message digest operation and create the message digest
 * based on all data added to the cipher handle. The message digest is placed
 * into the output buffer registered with the ahash_request handle.
 *
 * Return: 0 if the message digest creation was successful; < 0 if an error
 *	   occurred
 */
int crypto_ahash_final(struct ahash_request *req);

/**
 * crypto_ahash_digest() - calculate message digest for a buffer
 * @req: reference to the ahash_request handle that holds all information
 *	 needed to perform the cipher operation
 *
 * This function is a "short-hand" for the function calls of crypto_ahash_init,
 * crypto_ahash_update and crypto_ahash_final. The parameters have the same
 * meaning as discussed for those separate three functions.
 *
 * Return: 0 if the message digest creation was successful; < 0 if an error
 *	   occurred
 */
int crypto_ahash_digest(struct ahash_request *req);

/**
 * crypto_ahash_export() - extract current message digest state
 * @req: reference to the ahash_request handle whose state is exported
 * @out: output buffer of sufficient size that can hold the hash state
 *
 * This function exports the hash state of the ahash_request handle into the
 * caller-allocated output buffer out which must have sufficient size (e.g. by
 * calling crypto_ahash_reqsize).
 *
 * Return: 0 if the export was successful; < 0 if an error occurred
 */
static inline int crypto_ahash_export(struct ahash_request *req, void *out)
{
	return crypto_ahash_reqtfm(req)->export(req, out);
}

/**
 * crypto_ahash_import() - import message digest state
 * @req: reference to ahash_request handle the state is imported into
 * @in: buffer holding the state
 *
 * This function imports the hash state into the ahash_request handle from the
 * input buffer. That buffer should have been generated with the
 * crypto_ahash_export function.
 *
 * Return: 0 if the import was successful; < 0 if an error occurred
 */
static inline int crypto_ahash_import(struct ahash_request *req, const void *in)
{
	return crypto_ahash_reqtfm(req)->import(req, in);
}

/**
 * crypto_ahash_init() - (re)initialize message digest handle
 * @req: ahash_request handle that already is initialized with all necessary
 *	 data using the ahash_request_* API functions
 *
 * The call (re-)initializes the message digest referenced by the ahash_request
 * handle. Any potentially existing state created by previous operations is
 * discarded.
 *
 * Return: 0 if the message digest initialization was successful; < 0 if an
 *	   error occurred
 */
static inline int crypto_ahash_init(struct ahash_request *req)
{
	return crypto_ahash_reqtfm(req)->init(req);
}

/**
 * crypto_ahash_update() - add data to message digest for processing
 * @req: ahash_request handle that was previously initialized with the
 *	 crypto_ahash_init call.
 *
 * Updates the message digest state of the &ahash_request handle. The input data
 * is pointed to by the scatter/gather list registered in the &ahash_request
 * handle
 *
 * Return: 0 if the message digest update was successful; < 0 if an error
 *	   occurred
 */
static inline int crypto_ahash_update(struct ahash_request *req)
{
	return crypto_ahash_reqtfm(req)->update(req);
}

/**
 * DOC: Asynchronous Hash Request Handle
 *
 * The &ahash_request data structure contains all pointers to data
 * required for the asynchronous cipher operation. This includes the cipher
 * handle (which can be used by multiple &ahash_request instances), pointer
 * to plaintext and the message digest output buffer, asynchronous callback
 * function, etc. It acts as a handle to the ahash_request_* API calls in a
 * similar way as ahash handle to the crypto_ahash_* API calls.
 */

/**
 * ahash_request_set_tfm() - update cipher handle reference in request
 * @req: request handle to be modified
 * @tfm: cipher handle that shall be added to the request handle
 *
 * Allow the caller to replace the existing ahash handle in the request
 * data structure with a different one.
 */
static inline void ahash_request_set_tfm(struct ahash_request *req,
					 struct crypto_ahash *tfm)
{
	req->base.tfm = crypto_ahash_tfm(tfm);
}

/**
 * ahash_request_alloc() - allocate request data structure
 * @tfm: cipher handle to be registered with the request
 * @gfp: memory allocation flag that is handed to kmalloc by the API call.
 *
 * Allocate the request data structure that must be used with the ahash
 * message digest API calls. During
 * the allocation, the provided ahash handle
 * is registered in the request data structure.
 *
 * Return: allocated request handle in case of success; IS_ERR() is true in case
 *	   of an error, PTR_ERR() returns the error code.
 */
static inline struct ahash_request *ahash_request_alloc(
	struct crypto_ahash *tfm, gfp_t gfp)
{
@@ -325,6 +511,10 @@ static inline struct ahash_request *ahash_request_alloc(
	return req;
}

/**
 * ahash_request_free() - zeroize and free the request data structure
 * @req: request data structure cipher handle to be freed
 */
static inline void ahash_request_free(struct ahash_request *req)
{
	kzfree(req);
@@ -336,6 +526,31 @@ static inline struct ahash_request *ahash_request_cast(
	return container_of(req, struct ahash_request, base);
}

/**
 * ahash_request_set_callback() - set asynchronous callback function
 * @req: request handle
 * @flags: specify zero or an ORing of the flags
 *	   CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG the request queue may back log and
 *	   increase the wait queue beyond the initial maximum size;
 *	   CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP the request processing may sleep
 * @compl: callback function pointer to be registered with the request handle
 * @data: The data pointer refers to memory that is not used by the kernel
 *	  crypto API, but provided to the callback function for it to use. Here,
 *	  the caller can provide a reference to memory the callback function can
 *	  operate on. As the callback function is invoked asynchronously to the
 *	  related functionality, it may need to access data structures of the
 *	  related functionality which can be referenced using this pointer. The
 *	  callback function can access the memory via the "data" field in the
 *	  &crypto_async_request data structure provided to the callback function.
 *
 * This function allows setting the callback function that is triggered once
 * the cipher operation completes.
 *
 * The callback function is registered with the &ahash_request handle and
 * must comply with the following template
 *
 *	void callback_function(struct crypto_async_request *req, int error)
 */
static inline void ahash_request_set_callback(struct ahash_request *req,
					      u32 flags,
					      crypto_completion_t compl,
@@ -346,6 +561,19 @@ static inline void ahash_request_set_callback(struct ahash_request *req,
	req->base.flags = flags;
}

/**
 * ahash_request_set_crypt() - set data buffers
 * @req: ahash_request handle to be updated
 * @src: source scatter/gather list
 * @result: buffer that is filled with the message digest -- the caller must
 *	    ensure that the buffer has sufficient space by, for example, calling
 *	    crypto_ahash_digestsize()
 * @nbytes: number of bytes to process from the source scatter/gather list
 *
 * By using this call, the caller references the source scatter/gather list.
 * The source scatter/gather list points to the data the message digest is to
 * be calculated for.
 */
static inline void ahash_request_set_crypt(struct ahash_request *req,
					   struct scatterlist *src, u8 *result,
					   unsigned int nbytes)