Re: [virtio-dev] RE: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v18 1/2] virtio-crypto: Add virtio crypto device specification

[Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On 05/04/2017 03:53 PM, Gonglei (Arei) wrote:
> Sorry, I missed one comment in the previous reply.
> 
>>
>>> +\end{itemize*}
>>> +
>>
>> What about extensibility regarding "detailed algorithms"? Is the driver
>> required ignore algorithms
>> it does not "know about"? Should we reserve the not (yet) defined bits?
>>
> I mean the device MUST set the algorithms mask bits based on supported
> algorithms by the device, and the driver read them to get the capacity.
> I don't think we should care about the not defined bits.

Let us assume that the driver fails if it encounters an unknown bit
(i.e. bit 13 set in hash_algo). I do not think there is anything in
this document that prohibits the driver doing so -- if there is please
do tell. Now at some point we want to support a new hash algorithm.
If we can't be sure that existing drivers are going to play along with
defining new bits (which are 'not defined bits' using your words for
the existing drivers) we have a small problem.

Was I clear about my concern?

> 
> Thanks,
> -Gonglei
> 
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