linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 12/12] iscsi-target: Add Makefile/Kconfig and update TCM top level

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Date:	Tue, 8 Mar 2011 17:33:34 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	"Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>
Cc:	James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com, hch@...radead.org,
	rdunlap@...otime.net, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 12/12] iscsi-target: Add Makefile/Kconfig and update TCM
	top level

Nicholas A. Bellinger <nab@...ux-iscsi.org> wrote:
>
>> > I should mention this is with the following .config:
>> > 
>> > CONFIG_CRYPTO_CRC32C=y
>> > CONFIG_CRYPTO_CRC32C_INTEL=m

This is why you get the unoptimised version.  Had you selected
both as built-in or both as modules, then it would have worked
as intended.

> What about the following to simply call request_module("crc32c_intel")
> at module_init() time and top the extra iscsi_login_setup_crypto()
> code..?

If we're going to do this we should do it in the crypto layer,
and not litter every single crypto API user with such crap.

Currently we don't invoke request_module unless no implementation
is reigstered for an algorithm.  You can change this so that it
also invokes request_module if we have not yet done so at least
once for that algorithm.

Patches are welcome.

Cheers,
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