linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix late crypto work queue initialization

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Message-ID: <20140321144040.GD25820@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:40:41 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"David S.Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix late crypto work queue initialization

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 04:52:26PM -0700, Tim Chen wrote:
> The crypto algorithm modules utilizing the crypto daemon could
> be used early when the system start up.  Using module_init
> does not guarantee that the daemon's work queue is initialized
> when the cypto alorithm depending on crypto_wq starts.  It is necessary
> to initialize the crypto work queue earlier at the subsystem
> init time to make sure that it is initialized
> when used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>

Patch applied.
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