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authorEric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>2019-07-19 23:09:18 -0700
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>2019-07-27 21:08:38 +1000
commit8dfa20fcfbeb245642dfe3a43f8a3735d9aed42a (patch)
tree887e9ffb1793ff6f754ab839a528a170177f219d /crypto/Kconfig
parent065cf577135a4977931c7a1e1edf442bfd9773dd (diff)
crypto: ghash - add comment and improve help text
To help avoid confusion, add a comment to ghash-generic.c which explains the convention that the kernel's implementation of GHASH uses. Also update the Kconfig help text and module descriptions to call GHASH a "hash function" rather than a "message digest", since the latter normally means a real cryptographic hash function, which GHASH is not. Cc: Pascal Van Leeuwen <pvanleeuwen@verimatrix.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com> Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> Acked-by: Pascal Van Leeuwen <pvanleeuwen@verimatrix.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index 2e7f08ba0675..455a3354e291 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -647,11 +647,12 @@ config CRYPTO_VPMSUM_TESTER
Unless you are testing these algorithms, you don't need this.
config CRYPTO_GHASH
- tristate "GHASH digest algorithm"
+ tristate "GHASH hash function"
select CRYPTO_GF128MUL
select CRYPTO_HASH
help
- GHASH is message digest algorithm for GCM (Galois/Counter Mode).
+ GHASH is the hash function used in GCM (Galois/Counter Mode).
+ It is not a general-purpose cryptographic hash function.
config CRYPTO_POLY1305
tristate "Poly1305 authenticator algorithm"
@@ -976,12 +977,12 @@ config CRYPTO_WP512
<http://www.larc.usp.br/~pbarreto/WhirlpoolPage.html>
config CRYPTO_GHASH_CLMUL_NI_INTEL
- tristate "GHASH digest algorithm (CLMUL-NI accelerated)"
+ tristate "GHASH hash function (CLMUL-NI accelerated)"
depends on X86 && 64BIT
select CRYPTO_CRYPTD
help
- GHASH is message digest algorithm for GCM (Galois/Counter Mode).
- The implementation is accelerated by CLMUL-NI of Intel.
+ This is the x86_64 CLMUL-NI accelerated implementation of
+ GHASH, the hash function used in GCM (Galois/Counter mode).
comment "Ciphers"