linux-kernel - Re: cpu_active vs pcrypt & padata

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20120316071556.7a221aac@dt>
Date:	Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:15:56 -0600
From:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: cpu_active vs pcrypt & padata

On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:13:08 +0100
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

> Also, wth is all this kernel/padata.c stuff? There's next to no useful
> comment in there and the only consumer seems to be pcrypt, does that
> really need to be in kernel/ ?

FWIW I wrote that stuff up when it went in...

	https://lwn.net/Articles/382257/

Might be helpful in case anybody else thinks they might want to use this
facility.  Maybe.

jon
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/