crypto: skcipher - remove the "blkcipher" algorithm type

Now that all "blkcipher" algorithms have been converted to "skcipher",
remove the blkcipher algorithm type.

The skcipher (symmetric key cipher) algorithm type was introduced a few
years ago to replace both blkcipher and ablkcipher (synchronous and
asynchronous block cipher).  The advantages of skcipher include:

  - A much less confusing name, since none of these algorithm types have
    ever actually been for raw block ciphers, but rather for all
    length-preserving encryption modes including block cipher modes of
    operation, stream ciphers, and other length-preserving modes.

  - It unified blkcipher and ablkcipher into a single algorithm type
    which supports both synchronous and asynchronous implementations.
    Note, blkcipher already operated only on scatterlists, so the fact
    that skcipher does too isn't a regression in functionality.

  - Better type safety by using struct skcipher_alg, struct
    crypto_skcipher, etc. instead of crypto_alg, crypto_tfm, etc.

  - It sometimes simplifies the implementations of algorithms.

Also, the blkcipher API was no longer being tested.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>

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diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/architecture.rst b/Documentation/crypto/architecture.rst
index 3eae1ae7f798..da90bb006ab0 100644
--- a/Documentation/crypto/architecture.rst
+++ b/Documentation/crypto/architecture.rst
@@ -201,8 +201,6 @@ the aforementioned cipher types:
 -  CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_AEAD Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data
    (MAC)
 
--  CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_BLKCIPHER Synchronous multi-block cipher
-
 -  CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_ABLKCIPHER Asynchronous multi-block cipher
 
 -  CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_KPP Key-agreement Protocol Primitive (KPP) such as