cryptodev: rework modexp and modinv comments

This patch changes modular exponentiation and modular multiplicative
inverse API comments to make it more precise.

Signed-off-by: Arek Kusztal <arkadiuszx.kusztal@intel.com>
Acked-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe@intel.com>
Acked-by: Shally Verma <shallyv@marvell.com>
Acked-by: Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal@nxp.com>

diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h
index 5e185b2..0a50cd5 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ enum rte_crypto_asym_xform_type {
         * Refer to rte_crypto_asym_op_type
         */
        RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_XFORM_MODINV,
-       /**< Modular Inverse
-        * Perform Modulus inverse b^(-1) mod n
+       /**< Modular Multiplicative Inverse
+        * Perform Modular Multiplicative Inverse b^(-1) mod n
         */
        RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_XFORM_MODEX,
        /**< Modular Exponentiation
@@ -233,29 +233,38 @@ struct rte_crypto_rsa_xform {
 struct rte_crypto_modex_xform {
        rte_crypto_param modulus;
        /**< modulus
-        * Prime modulus of the modexp transform operation in octet-string
-        * network byte order format.
+        * Pointer to the modulus data for modexp transform operation
+        * in octet-string network byte order format
+        *
+        * In case this number is equal to zero the driver shall set
+        * the crypto op status field to RTE_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_ERROR
         */
 
        rte_crypto_param exponent;
        /**< exponent
-        * Private exponent of the modexp transform operation in
-        * octet-string network byte order format.
+        * Exponent of the modexp transform operation in
+        * octet-string network byte order format
         */
 };
 
 /**
- * Asymmetric modular inverse transform operation
+ * Asymmetric modular multiplicative inverse transform operation
  *
- * Structure describing modulus inverse xform params
+ * Structure describing modular multiplicative inverse transform
  *
  */
 struct rte_crypto_modinv_xform {
        rte_crypto_param modulus;
        /**<
-        * Pointer to the prime modulus data for modular
-        * inverse operation in octet-string network byte
-        * order format.
+        * Pointer to the modulus data for modular multiplicative inverse
+        * operation in octet-string network byte order format
+        *
+        * In case this number is equal to zero the driver shall set
+        * the crypto op status field to RTE_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_ERROR
+        *
+        * This number shall be relatively prime to base
+        * in corresponding Modular Multiplicative Inverse
+        * rte_crypto_mod_op_param
         */
 };
 
@@ -317,14 +326,18 @@ struct rte_crypto_dsa_xform {
 
 /**
  * Operations params for modular operations:
- * exponentiation and invert
+ * exponentiation and multiplicative inverse
  *
  */
 struct rte_crypto_mod_op_param {
        rte_crypto_param base;
        /**<
-        * Pointer to base of modular exponentiation/inversion data in
-        * Octet-string network byte order format.
+        * Pointer to base of modular exponentiation/multiplicative
+        * inverse data in octet-string network byte order format
+        *
+        * In case Multiplicative Inverse is used this number shall
+        * be relatively prime to modulus in corresponding Modular
+        * Multiplicative Inverse rte_crypto_modinv_xform
         */
 };
 
@@ -348,7 +361,7 @@ struct rte_crypto_asym_xform {
                /**< Modular Exponentiation xform parameters */
 
                struct rte_crypto_modinv_xform modinv;
-               /**< Modulus Inverse xform parameters */
+               /**< Modular Multiplicative Inverse xform parameters */
 
                struct rte_crypto_dh_xform dh;
                /**< DH xform parameters */