[EXT] [PATCH 38/40] cryptodev: clarify usage of private key in dh
Akhil Goyal
gakhil at marvell.com
Tue May 24 14:56:22 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.
What is expected for the device which does not support this?
How will the application decide?
> */
> union {
> rte_crypto_uint pub_key;
> --
> 2.13.6
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