From 68b6c7d6919be7c732fc6229c55e35d0166e9258 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Herbert Xu Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 20:18:17 +0800 Subject: [CRYPTO] api: Add crypto_attr_alg_name This patch adds a new helper crypto_attr_alg_name which is basically the first half of crypto_attr_alg. That is, it returns an algorithm name parameter as a string without looking it up. The caller can then look it up immediately or defer it until later. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu --- crypto/algapi.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'crypto/algapi.c') diff --git a/crypto/algapi.c b/crypto/algapi.c index 08eca6da1d53..e65cb50cf4af 100644 --- a/crypto/algapi.c +++ b/crypto/algapi.c @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ int crypto_check_attr_type(struct rtattr **tb, u32 type) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_check_attr_type); -struct crypto_alg *crypto_attr_alg(struct rtattr *rta, u32 type, u32 mask) +const char *crypto_attr_alg_name(struct rtattr *rta) { struct crypto_attr_alg *alga; @@ -486,7 +486,21 @@ struct crypto_alg *crypto_attr_alg(struct rtattr *rta, u32 type, u32 mask) alga = RTA_DATA(rta); alga->name[CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME - 1] = 0; - return crypto_alg_mod_lookup(alga->name, type, mask); + return alga->name; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_attr_alg_name); + +struct crypto_alg *crypto_attr_alg(struct rtattr *rta, u32 type, u32 mask) +{ + const char *name; + int err; + + name = crypto_attr_alg_name(rta); + err = PTR_ERR(name); + if (IS_ERR(name)) + return ERR_PTR(err); + + return crypto_alg_mod_lookup(name, type, mask); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_attr_alg); -- cgit v1.2.3