Re: [RFC PATCH HBK: 2/8] hw-bound-key: flag-is_hbk added to the tfm

[Herbert Xu]

On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 12:21:51PM +0530, Pankaj Gupta wrote:
> Consumer of the kernel crypto api, after allocating
> the transformation, sets this flag based on the basis
> of the type of key consumer has. This helps:
> 
> - This helps to influence the core processing logic
>   for the encapsulated algorithm.
> - This flag is set by the consumer after allocating
>   the tfm and before calling the function crypto_xxx_setkey().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/crypto.h | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/crypto.h b/include/linux/crypto.h
> index 2324ab6f1846..b4fa83ca87bd 100644
> --- a/include/linux/crypto.h
> +++ b/include/linux/crypto.h
> @@ -639,6 +639,8 @@ struct crypto_tfm {
>  
>  	u32 crt_flags;
>  
> +	unsigned int is_hbk;
> +

We already have plenty of drivers with hardware keys in the tree.
Plesae explain why the current support is inadequate and you need
to do this.

Thanks,
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