linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH V8 1/5] crypto: Multi-buffer encryption infrastructure support

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Date:   Thu, 21 Jun 2018 01:05:44 +0000
From:   "Dey, Megha" <megha.dey@...el.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH V8 1/5] crypto: Multi-buffer encryption infrastructure
 support



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dey, Megha
>Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 6:22 PM
>To: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
>Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org;
>davem@...emloft.net
>Subject: RE: [PATCH V8 1/5] crypto: Multi-buffer encryption infrastructure
>support
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Herbert Xu [mailto:herbert@...dor.apana.org.au]
>>Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 9:46 PM
>>To: Dey, Megha <megha.dey@...el.com>
>>Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org;
>>davem@...emloft.net
>>Subject: Re: [PATCH V8 1/5] crypto: Multi-buffer encryption
>>infrastructure support
>>
>>On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 01:24:42AM +0000, Dey, Megha wrote:
>>>
>>> Are you suggesting that the SIMD wrapper, will do what is currently
>>> being
>>done by the ' mcryptd_queue_worker ' function (assuming FPU is not
>>disabled) i.e dispatching the job to the inner algorithm?
>>>
>>> I have got rid of the mcryptd layer( have an inner layer, outer SIMD
>>> layer,
>>handled the pointers and completions accordingly), but still facing
>>some issues after removing the per cpu mcryptd_cpu_queue.
>>
>>Why don't you post what you've got and we can work it out together?
>
>Hi Herbert,
>
>Sure, I will post an RFC patch. (crypto: Remove mcryptd).

Hi Herbert,

I had posted an RFC patch about a month back (2018/05/11). Could you please have a look?

[RFC] crypto: Remove mcryptd
>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>--
>>Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> Home Page:
>>http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
>>PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt