linux-kernel - [RFC] crypto: exynos - Icrease the priority of the driver

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Date:   Tue, 05 Dec 2017 13:42:14 +0100
From:   Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>,
        m.szyprowski@...sung.com, b.zolnierkie@...sung.com
Subject: [RFC] crypto: exynos - Icrease the priority of the driver

exynos-rng is one of many implementations of stdrng. With priority as
low as 100 it isn't selected, if software implementations (DRBG) are
available.

Signed-off-by: Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>
---

If not 1000, what is the best value, what is the policy?


 drivers/crypto/exynos-rng.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/exynos-rng.c b/drivers/crypto/exynos-rng.c
index 0bf07a655813..3c514eaae9dc 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/exynos-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/exynos-rng.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static struct rng_alg exynos_rng_alg = {
 	.base			= {
 		.cra_name		= "stdrng",
 		.cra_driver_name	= "exynos_rng",
-		.cra_priority		= 100,
+		.cra_priority		= 1000,
 		.cra_ctxsize		= sizeof(struct exynos_rng_ctx),
 		.cra_module		= THIS_MODULE,
 		.cra_init		= exynos_rng_kcapi_init,
-- 
2.11.0