Re: how to request crypto_alloc_shash for GMAC

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Fri Jul 09 2021 - 02:48:59 EST

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On Fri, Jul 09, 2021 at 12:48:00AM -0500, Steve French wrote:
>
> Presumably due to https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4543.txt it is already
> supported in the kernel ... but what is the name that it is exposed as
> in the kernel crypto libraries?

We don't have standalone gmac in the kernel, it only exists as
part of the AEAD algorithm gcm. You're more than welcome to add
it of course.

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