linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] crypto: engine - Permit to enqueue all async requests

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Date:   Thu, 15 Feb 2018 23:51:00 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>
Cc:     alexandre.torgue@...com, arei.gonglei@...wei.com, corbet@....net,
        davem@...emloft.net, jasowang@...hat.com,
        mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com, mst@...hat.com, fabien.dessenne@...com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] crypto: engine - Permit to enqueue all async
 requests

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 08:15:28PM +0100, Corentin Labbe wrote:
> Hello
> 
> The current crypto_engine support only ahash and ablkcipher request.
> My first patch which try to add skcipher was Nacked, it will add too many functions
> and adding other algs(aead, asymetric_key) will make the situation worst.
> 
> This patchset remove all algs specific stuff and now only process generic crypto_async_request.
> 
> The requests handler function pointer are now moved out of struct engine and
> are now stored directly in a crypto_engine_reqctx.
> 
> The original proposal of Herbert [1] cannot be done completly since the crypto_engine
> could only dequeue crypto_async_request and it is impossible to access any request_ctx
> without knowing the underlying request type.
> 
> So I do something near that was requested: adding crypto_engine_reqctx in TFM context.
> Note that the current implementation expect that crypto_engine_reqctx
> is the first member of the context.
> 
> The first patch is a try to document the crypto engine API.
> The second patch convert the crypto engine with the new way,
> while the following patchs convert the 4 existing users of crypto_engine.
> Note that this split break bisection, so probably the final commit will be all merged.
> 
> Appart from virtio, all 4 latest patch were compile tested only.
> But the crypto engine is tested with my new sun8i-ce driver.
> 
> Regards
> 
> [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1474434.html
> 
> Changes since V1:
> - renamed crypto_engine_reqctx to crypto_engine_ctx
> - indentation fix in function parameter
> - do not export crypto_transfer_request
> - Add aead support
> - crypto_finalize_request is now static
> 
> Changes since RFC:
> - Added a documentation patch
> - Added patch for stm32-cryp
> - Changed parameter of all crypto_engine_op functions from
> 	crypto_async_request to void*
> - Reintroduced crypto_transfer_xxx_request_to_engine functions
> 
> Corentin Labbe (6):
>   Documentation: crypto: document crypto engine API
>   crypto: engine - Permit to enqueue all async requests
>   crypto: omap: convert to new crypto engine API
>   crypto: virtio: convert to new crypto engine API
>   crypto: stm32-hash: convert to the new crypto engine API
>   crypto: stm32-cryp: convert to the new crypto engine API

All applied.  Thanks.
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