Re: [PATCH v11 1/2] crypto: AF_ALG: add AEAD support

[Herbert Xu]

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.

Cheers,
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