[dm-devel] [RFC PATCH v2] crypto: Add IV generation algorithms

[Gilad Ben-Yossef]

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.

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Also...

>
> Not-signed-off-by: Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan at linaro.org>


What is Not-signed-off-by ? :-)

Thanks,
Gilad Ben-Yossef