linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] crypto: tcrypt: fix and add multi buf speed tests

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Date:   Thu, 28 Dec 2017 18:02:06 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Ofir Drang <ofir.drang@....com>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] crypto: tcrypt: fix and add multi buf speed tests

On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 08:28:59AM +0000, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
> The performance of some crypto tfm providers is affected by
> the amount of parallelism possible with the processing.
> 
> We already had some support for speed test of multiple concurrent
> requests, dubbed multi buffer, in ahash speed tests.
>                                                                                 
> This patch set extends said support and add similar support for skcipher
> and AEAD, as well as fixes some odd bugs discovered along the way.
>                                                                                 
> It is noted that it is possible to consolidate some of the none multi
> buffer speed test code better, but given that tcrypt as a whole is a
> developer testing harness rather than production code, the value of
> this activity seems questionable. Do let me know if you disagree.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>

All applied.  Thanks.
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