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List:       linux-keyrings
Subject:    Re: [RFC PATCH v3] akcipher: Introduce verify_rsa/verify for public key algorithms
From:       Herbert Xu <herbert () gondor ! apana ! org ! au>
Date:       2019-01-25 13:46:14
Message-ID: 20190125134614.jflpiybs2b5ezbha () gondor ! apana ! org ! au
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On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 02:18:09PM +0300, Vitaly Chikunov wrote:
> 
> Well, if we allowed to reuse dst* fields why not just put digest over
> dst scatterlist? That would be much simpler.

Please see below.
 
> > The advantage of having it in one scatterlist is that for those
> > users that already have the two pieces together could simply provide
> > a single SG element (I don't know how likely that is in practice
> > though).
> > 
> > For others you would simply tack on an extra SG element.

Cheers,
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Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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