crypto: api - Add fips_enable flag
Add the ability to turn FIPS-compliant mode on or off at boot
In order to be FIPS compliant, several check may need to be preformed that may
be construed as unusefull in a non-compliant mode. This patch allows us to set
a kernel flag incating that we are running in a fips-compliant mode from boot
up. It also exports that mode information to user space via a sysctl
(/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled).
Tested successfully by me.
Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index 776f90d..a784c2d 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@
comment "Crypto core or helper"
+config CRYPTO_FIPS
+ bool "FIPS 200 compliance"
+ help
+ This options enables the fips boot option which is
+ required if you want to system to operate in a FIPS 200
+ certification. You should say no unless you know what
+ this is.
+
config CRYPTO_ALGAPI
tristate
help