linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Introduce the cypto engine framework

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Date:	Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:33:58 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, broonie@...nel.org, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
	arnd@...db.de, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Introduce the cypto engine framework

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 08:25:37PM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:
> Now block cipher engines need to implement and maintain their own queue/thread
> for processing requests, moreover currently helpers provided for only the queue
> itself (in crypto_enqueue_request() and crypto_dequeue_request()) but they
> don't help with the mechanics of driving the hardware (things like running the
> request immediately, DMA map it or providing a thread to process the queue in)
> even though a lot of that code really shouldn't vary that much from device to
> device.
> 
> This patch introduces the crypto engine framework to help the crypto hardware
> drivers to queue requests.

Very nice, all applied.  Thanks!
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