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

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Message-ID: <1395790856.2970.33.camel@schen9-DESK>
Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:40:56 -0700
From:	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
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>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix late crypto work queue initialization

On Fri, 2014-03-21 at 22:40 +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> 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.

Herbert,

Probably this patch should go to the stable patches as well.
Copying Greg.

Thanks.

Tim

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