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>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst b/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst
index c45c6f400dbd..f9d288015acc 100644
--- a/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst
+++ b/Documentation/crypto/devel-algos.rst
@@ -128,25 +128,20 @@ process requests that are unaligned. This implies, however, additional
 overhead as the kernel crypto API needs to perform the realignment of
 the data which may imply moving of data.
 
-Cipher Definition With struct blkcipher_alg and ablkcipher_alg
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Cipher Definition With struct skcipher_alg
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Struct blkcipher_alg defines a synchronous block cipher whereas struct
-ablkcipher_alg defines an asynchronous block cipher.
+Struct skcipher_alg defines a multi-block cipher, or more generally, a
+length-preserving symmetric cipher algorithm.
 
-Please refer to the single block cipher description for schematics of
-the block cipher usage.
+Scatterlist handling
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Specifics Of Asynchronous Multi-Block Cipher
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-There are a couple of specifics to the asynchronous interface.
-
-First of all, some of the drivers will want to use the Generic
-ScatterWalk in case the hardware needs to be fed separate chunks of the
-scatterlist which contains the plaintext and will contain the
-ciphertext. Please refer to the ScatterWalk interface offered by the
-Linux kernel scatter / gather list implementation.
+Some drivers will want to use the Generic ScatterWalk in case the
+hardware needs to be fed separate chunks of the scatterlist which
+contains the plaintext and will contain the ciphertext. Please refer
+to the ScatterWalk interface offered by the Linux kernel scatter /
+gather list implementation.
 
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