linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add struct crypto_alg->cra_check_optimized for crc32c

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Date:	Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:43:46 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	"Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-crypto <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add struct crypto_alg->cra_check_optimized for
	crc32c_intel

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 12:21:10AM -0800, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> 
> Nicholas Bellinger (2):
>   crypto: Add struct crypto_alg->cra_check_optimized
>   crypto/crc32c: Add crc32c_cra_check_optimized for crc32c_intel

I think you misunderstood my suggestion.  The reason I asked
for this to be done in the crypto API is because it is not specific
to crc32c_intel.

So sending me a patch that modifies crc32c clearly misses the
point :)

This should be done in the core API, i.e., api.c/algapi.c.

Thanks,
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