[PATCH 38/40] cryptodev: clarify usage of private key in dh
Arek Kusztal
arkadiuszx.kusztal at intel.com
Fri May 20 07:54:43 CEST 2022
- clarified usage of private key in Diffie-Hellman.
CSRNG capable device should generate private key and then
use it for public key generation.
Signed-off-by: Arek Kusztal <arkadiuszx.kusztal at intel.com>
---
lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h b/lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h
index 01b1fdd074..a6bb70ca3f 100644
--- a/lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h
+++ b/lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h
@@ -459,6 +459,10 @@ struct rte_crypto_dh_op_param {
* Output generated private key when op_type is
* DH PRIVATE_KEY_GENERATION
* Input for RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_KE_SHARED_SECRET_COMPUTE
+ * In case priv_key.length is 0 and op_type is set with
+ * RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_KE_PUBLIC_KEY_GENERATE, CSRNG capable
+ * device will generate private key and use it for public
+ * key generation.
*/
union {
rte_crypto_uint pub_key;
--
2.13.6
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