LXR linux-old/crypto/autoload.c

   1/*
   2 * Cryptographic API.
   3 *
   4 * Algorithm autoloader.
   5 *
   6 * Copyright (c) 2002 James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au>
   7 *
   8 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   9 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
  10 * Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) 
  11 * any later version.
  12 *
  13 */
  14#include <linux/kernel.h>
  15#include <linux/crypto.h>
  16#include <linux/string.h>
  17#include <linux/kmod.h>
  18#include "internal.h"
  19
  20/*
  21 * A far more intelligent version of this is planned.  For now, just
  22 * try an exact match on the name of the algorithm.
  23 */
  24void crypto_alg_autoload(const char *name)
  25{
  26        request_module(name);
  27}
  28
  29struct crypto_alg *crypto_alg_mod_lookup(const char *name)
  30{
  31        struct crypto_alg *alg = crypto_alg_lookup(name);
  32        if (alg == NULL) {
  33                crypto_alg_autoload(name);
  34                alg = crypto_alg_lookup(name);
  35        }
  36        return alg;
  37}
  38