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Date:	Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:03:13 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>
Cc:	Phillip Lougher <phillip@...gher.demon.co.uk>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] crypto: compress - Return produced bytes in
	crypto_{,de}compress_{update,final}() (was: Re: [PATCH/RFC] crypto:
	compress - Add comp_request.total_out (was: Re: [PATCH 6/6]
	squashfs: Make SquashFS 4 use the new pcomp crypto interface))

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 05:33:01PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> 
> Here's an alternative patch, which does exactly that.
> Phillip, what do you think?
> 
> Thanks for your comments!
> 
> >From be7d630f96a85d3ce48716b8e328563ba217647b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>
> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:19:05 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] crypto: compress - Return produced bytes in crypto_{,de}compress_{update,final}()
> 
> If crypto_{,de}compress_{update,final}() succeed, return the actual number of
> bytes produced instead of zero, so their users don't have to calculate that
> theirselves.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>

I certainly prefer this version over the other one? Do you want to
submit crypto API portion of this?

Thanks,
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