linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v2 1/3] crypto: Use dedicated workqueue for crypto subsystem

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Message-ID: <20090219064431.GA2011@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:44:31 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 1/3] crypto: Use dedicated workqueue for crypto
	subsystem

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 02:13:50PM +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> Use dedicated workqueue for crypto subsystem
> 
> A dedicated workqueue named kcrypto_wq is created to be used by crypto
> subsystem. The system shared keventd_wq is not suitable for
> encryption/decryption, because of potential starvation problem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>

All applied.  Thanks a lot for doing this!
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