crypto: api - Rebirth of crypto_alloc_tfm

This patch reintroduces a completely revamped crypto_alloc_tfm.
The biggest change is that we now take two crypto_type objects
when allocating a tfm, a frontend and a backend.  In fact this
simply formalises what we've been doing behind the API's back.

For example, as it stands crypto_alloc_ahash may use an
actual ahash algorithm or a crypto_hash algorithm.  Putting
this in the API allows us to do this much more cleanly.

The existing types will be converted across gradually.

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

1 files changed, 108 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/crypto/api.c b/crypto/api.c
index cbaaf346ad13..9975a7bd246c 100644
--- a/crypto/api.c
+++ b/crypto/api.c
@@ -403,6 +403,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__crypto_alloc_tfm);
  *      @type: Type of algorithm
  *      @mask: Mask for type comparison
  *
+ *      This function should not be used by new algorithm types.
+ *      Plesae use crypto_alloc_tfm instead.
+ *
  *      crypto_alloc_base() will first attempt to locate an already loaded
  *      algorithm.  If that fails and the kernel supports dynamically loadable
  *      modules, it will then attempt to load a module of the same name or
@@ -449,6 +452,111 @@ err:
         return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_alloc_base);
+
+struct crypto_tfm *crypto_create_tfm(struct crypto_alg *alg,
+                                     const struct crypto_type *frontend)
+{
+        char *mem;
+        struct crypto_tfm *tfm = NULL;
+        unsigned int tfmsize;
+        unsigned int total;
+        int err = -ENOMEM;
+
+        tfmsize = frontend->tfmsize;
+        total = tfmsize + sizeof(*tfm) + frontend->extsize(alg, frontend);
+
+        mem = kzalloc(total, GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (mem == NULL)
+                goto out_err;
+
+        tfm = (struct crypto_tfm *)(mem + tfmsize);
+        tfm->__crt_alg = alg;
+
+        err = frontend->init_tfm(tfm, frontend);
+        if (err)
+                goto out_free_tfm;
+
+        if (!tfm->exit && alg->cra_init && (err = alg->cra_init(tfm)))
+                goto cra_init_failed;
+
+        goto out;
+
+cra_init_failed:
+        crypto_exit_ops(tfm);
+out_free_tfm:
+        if (err == -EAGAIN)
+                crypto_shoot_alg(alg);
+        kfree(mem);
+out_err:
+        tfm = ERR_PTR(err);
+out:
+        return tfm;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_create_tfm);
+
+/*
+ *      crypto_alloc_tfm - Locate algorithm and allocate transform
+ *      @alg_name: Name of algorithm
+ *      @frontend: Frontend algorithm type
+ *      @type: Type of algorithm
+ *      @mask: Mask for type comparison
+ *
+ *      crypto_alloc_tfm() will first attempt to locate an already loaded
+ *      algorithm.  If that fails and the kernel supports dynamically loadable
+ *      modules, it will then attempt to load a module of the same name or
+ *      alias.  If that fails it will send a query to any loaded crypto manager
+ *      to construct an algorithm on the fly.  A refcount is grabbed on the
+ *      algorithm which is then associated with the new transform.
+ *
+ *      The returned transform is of a non-determinate type.  Most people
+ *      should use one of the more specific allocation functions such as
+ *      crypto_alloc_blkcipher.
+ *
+ *      In case of error the return value is an error pointer.
+ */
+struct crypto_tfm *crypto_alloc_tfm(const char *alg_name,
+                                    const struct crypto_type *frontend,
+                                    u32 type, u32 mask)
+{
+        struct crypto_alg *(*lookup)(const char *name, u32 type, u32 mask);
+        struct crypto_tfm *tfm;
+        int err;
+
+        type &= frontend->maskclear;
+        mask &= frontend->maskclear;
+        type |= frontend->type;
+        mask |= frontend->maskset;
+
+        lookup = frontend->lookup ?: crypto_alg_mod_lookup;
+
+        for (;;) {
+                struct crypto_alg *alg;
+
+                alg = lookup(alg_name, type, mask);
+                if (IS_ERR(alg)) {
+                        err = PTR_ERR(alg);
+                        goto err;
+                }
+
+                tfm = crypto_create_tfm(alg, frontend);
+                if (!IS_ERR(tfm))
+                        return tfm;
+
+                crypto_mod_put(alg);
+                err = PTR_ERR(tfm);
+
+err:
+                if (err != -EAGAIN)
+                        break;
+                if (signal_pending(current)) {
+                        err = -EINTR;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+
+        return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_alloc_tfm);
  
 /*
  *      crypto_free_tfm - Free crypto transform