linux-kernel - Re: comparison of the AF_ALG interface with the /dev/crypto

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Message-ID: <20110901151352.GA32055@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Thu, 1 Sep 2011 23:13:53 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	nmav@...tls.org, cryptodev-linux-devel@....org,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: comparison of the AF_ALG interface with the /dev/crypto

On Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 05:09:28PM +0200, Phil Sutter wrote:
>
> Good point. So in order to also test the throughput, I've put my OpenRD
> under load:

No that's not what I meant.  You're pushing a request to an
async device and waiting for a response to come back before
pushing the next request.  In order to maximise throughput,
you need to issue your requests without waiting for the responses
synchronously.

Cheers,
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