[CRYPTO] cipher: Added block cipher type

This patch adds the new type of block ciphers.  Unlike current cipher
algorithms which operate on a single block at a time, block ciphers
operate on an arbitrarily long linear area of data.  As it is block-based,
it will skip any data remaining at the end which cannot form a block.

The block cipher has one major difference when compared to the existing
block cipher implementation.  The sg walking is now performed by the
algorithm rather than the cipher mid-layer.  This is needed for drivers
that directly support sg lists.  It also improves performance for all
algorithms as it reduces the total number of indirect calls by one.

In future the existing cipher algorithm will be converted to only have
a single-block interface.  This will be done after all existing users
have switched over to the new block cipher type.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index 4ce509dba329..68790ad7308d 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ config CRYPTO_ALGAPI
         help
           This option provides the API for cryptographic algorithms.
 
+config CRYPTO_BLKCIPHER
+        tristate
+        select CRYPTO_ALGAPI
+
 config CRYPTO_MANAGER
         tristate "Cryptographic algorithm manager"
         select CRYPTO_ALGAPI