linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] scatterlist: Introduce some helper functions

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Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:38:42 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>
Cc:	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
	dm-devel@...hat.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	david.s.gordon@...el.com, Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
	smueller@...onox.de, tadeusz.struk@...el.com,
	Masanari Iida <standby24x7@...il.com>, shli@...nel.org,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] scatterlist: Introduce some helper functions

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 03:34:47PM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:
> It seems there are no more comments about this patchset? We really
> want to these APIs to coalesce scatterlists to improve the crypto
> engine efficiency. Thanks.

Your patch-set makes no sense.  If the data can be coalesced then
it shouldn't have been split up in the first place.  I'm nacking
the whole series.

Cheers,
-- 
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