Hi Binoy, On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 02:19:09PM +0530, Binoy Jayan wrote: > Currently, the iv generation algorithms are implemented in dm-crypt.c. > The goal is to move these algorithms from the dm layer to the kernel > crypto layer by implementing them as template ciphers so they can be > implemented in hardware for performance. As part of this patchset, the > iv-generation code is moved from the dm layer to the crypto layer and > adapt the dm-layer to send a whole 'bio' (as defined in the block layer) > at a time. Each bio contains the in memory representation of physically > contiguous disk blocks. The dm layer sets up a chained scatterlist of > these blocks split into physically contiguous segments in memory so that > DMA can be performed. The iv generation algorithms implemented in geniv.c > include plain, plain64, essiv, benbi, null, lmk and tcw. >
Good idea. I wanted to test the patch but alas it does not apply cleanly. You seem to have a blank line at the end of files and other small transgressions that makes checkpatch grumpy. <snip> Also... > > Not-signed-off-by: Binoy Jayan <binoy.ja...@linaro.org> What is Not-signed-off-by ? :-) Thanks, Gilad Ben-Yossef
