From 560b1a82ee87288c18aca31ee3053272c3737fe5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kamil Konieczny Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 12:11:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] crypto: doc - clarify return values for async hash methods * fix documentation of return values for crypto_ahash_init(), crypto_ahash_finup(), crypto_ahash_final(), crypto_ahash_digest() and crypto_ahash_update() Also while at it: * add notes for device driver developers in struct ahash_alg description * fix description of @final method in struct ahash_alg * fix typo in crypto_ahash_finup() description Signed-off-by: Kamil Konieczny Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu --- include/crypto/hash.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/crypto/hash.h b/include/crypto/hash.h index b5727bcd2336..0ed31fd80242 100644 --- a/include/crypto/hash.h +++ b/include/crypto/hash.h @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ struct ahash_request { * state of the HASH transformation at the beginning. This shall fill in * the internal structures used during the entire duration of the whole * transformation. No data processing happens at this point. + * Note: mandatory. * @update: Push a chunk of data into the driver for transformation. This * function actually pushes blocks of data from upper layers into the * driver, which then passes those to the hardware as seen fit. This @@ -84,16 +85,20 @@ struct ahash_request { * context, as this function may be called in parallel with the same * transformation object. Data processing can happen synchronously * [SHASH] or asynchronously [AHASH] at this point. + * Note: mandatory. * @final: Retrieve result from the driver. This function finalizes the * transformation and retrieves the resulting hash from the driver and * pushes it back to upper layers. No data processing happens at this - * point. + * point unless hardware requires it to finish the transformation + * (then the data buffered by the device driver is processed). + * Note: mandatory. * @finup: Combination of @update and @final. This function is effectively a * combination of @update and @final calls issued in sequence. As some * hardware cannot do @update and @final separately, this callback was * added to allow such hardware to be used at least by IPsec. Data * processing can happen synchronously [SHASH] or asynchronously [AHASH] * at this point. + * Note: optional. * @digest: Combination of @init and @update and @final. This function * effectively behaves as the entire chain of operations, @init, * @update and @final issued in sequence. Just like @finup, this was @@ -416,11 +421,10 @@ static inline bool crypto_ahash_has_setkey(struct crypto_ahash *tfm) * needed to perform the cipher operation * * This function is a "short-hand" for the function calls of - * crypto_ahash_update and crypto_shash_final. The parameters have the same + * crypto_ahash_update and crypto_ahash_final. The parameters have the same * meaning as discussed for those separate functions. * - * Return: 0 if the message digest creation was successful; < 0 if an error - * occurred + * Return: see crypto_ahash_final() */ int crypto_ahash_finup(struct ahash_request *req); @@ -433,8 +437,11 @@ int crypto_ahash_finup(struct ahash_request *req); * based on all data added to the cipher handle. The message digest is placed * into the output buffer registered with the ahash_request handle. * - * Return: 0 if the message digest creation was successful; < 0 if an error - * occurred + * Return: + * 0 if the message digest was successfully calculated; + * -EINPROGRESS if data is feeded into hardware (DMA) or queued for later; + * -EBUSY if queue is full and request should be resubmitted later; + * other < 0 if an error occurred */ int crypto_ahash_final(struct ahash_request *req); @@ -447,8 +454,7 @@ int crypto_ahash_final(struct ahash_request *req); * crypto_ahash_update and crypto_ahash_final. The parameters have the same * meaning as discussed for those separate three functions. * - * Return: 0 if the message digest creation was successful; < 0 if an error - * occurred + * Return: see crypto_ahash_final() */ int crypto_ahash_digest(struct ahash_request *req); @@ -493,8 +499,7 @@ static inline int crypto_ahash_import(struct ahash_request *req, const void *in) * handle. Any potentially existing state created by previous operations is * discarded. * - * Return: 0 if the message digest initialization was successful; < 0 if an - * error occurred + * Return: see crypto_ahash_final() */ static inline int crypto_ahash_init(struct ahash_request *req) { @@ -510,8 +515,7 @@ static inline int crypto_ahash_init(struct ahash_request *req) * is pointed to by the scatter/gather list registered in the &ahash_request * handle * - * Return: 0 if the message digest update was successful; < 0 if an error - * occurred + * Return: see crypto_ahash_final() */ static inline int crypto_ahash_update(struct ahash_request *req) { -- 2.30.2