[PATCH v4 03/12] cryptodev: remove comment about using ephemeral key in dsa

Arek Kusztal arkadiuszx.kusztal at intel.com
Tue May 31 06:04:30 CEST 2022


- Removed comment that stated DSA can be used with Diffie
Hellman ephemeral key.
DH and DSA integration allowed to use ephemeral keys for
random integer, but not for private keys.

Signed-off-by: Arek Kusztal <arkadiuszx.kusztal at intel.com>
---
 lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h | 8 +-------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h b/lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h
index e496588c7a..eb753b4016 100644
--- a/lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h
+++ b/lib/cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h
@@ -292,13 +292,7 @@ struct rte_crypto_dsa_xform {
 	rte_crypto_uint g;
 	/**< Generator of the subgroup */
 	rte_crypto_uint x;
-	/**< x: Private key of the signer in octet-string network
-	 * byte order format.
-	 * Used when app has pre-defined private key.
-	 * Valid only when xform chain is DSA ONLY.
-	 * if xform chain is DH private key generate + DSA, then DSA sign
-	 * compute will use internally generated key.
-	 */
+	/**< x: Private key of the signer */
 };
 
 /**
-- 
2.13.6



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