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+/*
+ * AEAD: Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data
+ * 
+ * This file provides API support for AEAD algorithms.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) 
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <crypto/algapi.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+
+static int setkey_unaligned(struct crypto_aead *tfm, const u8 *key,
+			    unsigned int keylen)
+{
+	struct aead_alg *aead = crypto_aead_alg(tfm);
+	unsigned long alignmask = crypto_aead_alignmask(tfm);
+	int ret;
+	u8 *buffer, *alignbuffer;
+	unsigned long absize;
+
+	absize = keylen + alignmask;
+	buffer = kmalloc(absize, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!buffer)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	alignbuffer = (u8 *)ALIGN((unsigned long)buffer, alignmask + 1);
+	memcpy(alignbuffer, key, keylen);
+	ret = aead->setkey(tfm, alignbuffer, keylen);
+	memset(alignbuffer, 0, keylen);
+	kfree(buffer);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int setkey(struct crypto_aead *tfm, const u8 *key, unsigned int keylen)
+{
+	struct aead_alg *aead = crypto_aead_alg(tfm);
+	unsigned long alignmask = crypto_aead_alignmask(tfm);
+
+	if ((unsigned long)key & alignmask)
+		return setkey_unaligned(tfm, key, keylen);
+
+	return aead->setkey(tfm, key, keylen);
+}
+
+static unsigned int crypto_aead_ctxsize(struct crypto_alg *alg, u32 type,
+					u32 mask)
+{
+	return alg->cra_ctxsize;
+}
+
+static int crypto_init_aead_ops(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, u32 type, u32 mask)
+{
+	struct aead_alg *alg = &tfm->__crt_alg->cra_aead;
+	struct aead_tfm *crt = &tfm->crt_aead;
+
+	if (max(alg->authsize, alg->ivsize) > PAGE_SIZE / 8)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	crt->setkey = setkey;
+	crt->encrypt = alg->encrypt;
+	crt->decrypt = alg->decrypt;
+	crt->ivsize = alg->ivsize;
+	crt->authsize = alg->authsize;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void crypto_aead_show(struct seq_file *m, struct crypto_alg *alg)
+	__attribute__ ((unused));
+static void crypto_aead_show(struct seq_file *m, struct crypto_alg *alg)
+{
+	struct aead_alg *aead = &alg->cra_aead;
+
+	seq_printf(m, "type         : aead\n");
+	seq_printf(m, "blocksize    : %u\n", alg->cra_blocksize);
+	seq_printf(m, "ivsize       : %u\n", aead->ivsize);
+	seq_printf(m, "authsize     : %u\n", aead->authsize);
+}
+
+const struct crypto_type crypto_aead_type = {
+	.ctxsize = crypto_aead_ctxsize,
+	.init = crypto_init_aead_ops,
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+	.show = crypto_aead_show,
+#endif
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_aead_type);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD)");