MPILIB: add mpi_read_buf() and mpi_get_size() helpers
Added a mpi_read_buf() helper function to export MPI to a buf provided by
the user, and a mpi_get_size() helper, that tells the user how big the buf is.
Changed mpi_free to use kzfree instead of kfree because it is used to free
crypto keys.
Signed-off-by: Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
diff --git a/include/linux/mpi.h b/include/linux/mpi.h
index 5af1b81..641b7d6 100644
--- a/include/linux/mpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/mpi.h
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@
int mpi_fromstr(MPI val, const char *str);
u32 mpi_get_keyid(MPI a, u32 *keyid);
void *mpi_get_buffer(MPI a, unsigned *nbytes, int *sign);
+int mpi_read_buffer(MPI a, uint8_t *buf, unsigned buf_len, unsigned *nbytes,
+ int *sign);
void *mpi_get_secure_buffer(MPI a, unsigned *nbytes, int *sign);
int mpi_set_buffer(MPI a, const void *buffer, unsigned nbytes, int sign);
@@ -142,4 +144,17 @@
/*-- mpi-inv.c --*/
int mpi_invm(MPI x, MPI u, MPI v);
+/* inline functions */
+
+/**
+ * mpi_get_size() - returns max size required to store the number
+ *
+ * @a: A multi precision integer for which we want to allocate a bufer
+ *
+ * Return: size required to store the number
+ */
+static inline unsigned int mpi_get_size(MPI a)
+{
+ return a->nlimbs * BYTES_PER_MPI_LIMB;
+}
#endif /*G10_MPI_H */