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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 01:02:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 01:02:30 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 4.19.249.upstream/4.19.249
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diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/api.rst b/Documentation/crypto/api.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2e519193a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/api.rst @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Programming Interface +===================== + +Please note that the kernel crypto API contains the AEAD givcrypt API +(crypto_aead_giv\* and aead_givcrypt\* function calls in +include/crypto/aead.h). This API is obsolete and will be removed in the +future. To obtain the functionality of an AEAD cipher with internal IV +generation, use the IV generator as a regular cipher. For example, +rfc4106(gcm(aes)) is the AEAD cipher with external IV generation and +seqniv(rfc4106(gcm(aes))) implies that the kernel crypto API generates +the IV. Different IV generators are available. + +.. class:: toc-title + + Table of contents + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + + api-skcipher + api-aead + api-digest + api-rng + api-akcipher + api-kpp |