crypto: api - Add crypto_attr_alg2 helper
This patch adds the helper crypto_attr_alg2 which is similar to
crypto_attr_alg but takes an extra frontend argument. This is
intended to be used by new style algorithm types such as shash.
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
diff --git a/crypto/api.c b/crypto/api.c
index d5944f9..ba81221 100644
--- a/crypto/api.c
+++ b/crypto/api.c
@@ -503,6 +503,27 @@
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_create_tfm);
+struct crypto_alg *crypto_find_alg(const char *alg_name,
+ const struct crypto_type *frontend,
+ u32 type, u32 mask)
+{
+ struct crypto_alg *(*lookup)(const char *name, u32 type, u32 mask) =
+ crypto_alg_mod_lookup;
+
+ if (frontend) {
+ type &= frontend->maskclear;
+ mask &= frontend->maskclear;
+ type |= frontend->type;
+ mask |= frontend->maskset;
+
+ if (frontend->lookup)
+ lookup = frontend->lookup;
+ }
+
+ return lookup(alg_name, type, mask);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_find_alg);
+
/*
* crypto_alloc_tfm - Locate algorithm and allocate transform
* @alg_name: Name of algorithm
@@ -526,21 +547,13 @@
void *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);
void *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);
+ alg = crypto_find_alg(alg_name, frontend, type, mask);
if (IS_ERR(alg)) {
err = PTR_ERR(alg);
goto err;