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Now that all "blkcipher" algorithms have been converted to "skcipher",
remove the blkcipher algorithm type.
The skcipher (symmetric key cipher) algorithm type was introduced a few
years ago to replace both blkcipher and ablkcipher (synchronous and
asynchronous block cipher). The advantages of skcipher include:
- A much less confusing name, since none of these algorithm types have
ever actually been for raw block ciphers, but rather for all
length-preserving encryption modes including block cipher modes of
operation, stream ciphers, and other length-preserving modes.
- It unified blkcipher and ablkcipher into a single algorithm type
which supports both synchronous and asynchronous implementations.
Note, blkcipher already operated only on scatterlists, so the fact
that skcipher does too isn't a regression in functionality.
- Better type safety by using struct skcipher_alg, struct
crypto_skcipher, etc. instead of crypto_alg, crypto_tfm, etc.
- It sometimes simplifies the implementations of algorithms.
Also, the blkcipher API was no longer being tested.
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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| api-aead.rst | ||
| api-akcipher.rst | ||
| api-digest.rst | ||
| api-intro.txt | ||
| api-kpp.rst | ||
| api-rng.rst | ||
| api-samples.rst | ||
| api-skcipher.rst | ||
| api.rst | ||
| architecture.rst | ||
| asymmetric-keys.txt | ||
| async-tx-api.txt | ||
| crypto_engine.rst | ||
| descore-readme.txt | ||
| devel-algos.rst | ||
| index.rst | ||
| intro.rst | ||
| userspace-if.rst | ||