linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] virtio-crypto: adjust priority of algorithm

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Date:   Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:28:29 +0100
From:   Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
To:     Gonglei <arei.gonglei@...wei.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mst@...hat.com, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio-crypto: adjust priority of algorithm

ACK. Whoever takes this patch might want to fixup 3 typos.

On 01/13/2017 07:25 AM, Gonglei wrote:

> Some hardware accelerators (like intel aseni or the s390
					aesni
> cpacf functions) have lower priorities than virtio
> crypto, and those drivers are faster than the same in
> the host via virtio. So let's lower the priority of
> virtio-crypto's algorithm, make it's higher than sofeware
                                                   software
> implimentations but lower than the hardware ones.
  implementations
> 
> Suggested-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Gonglei <arei.gonglei@...wei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c b/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c
> index 6f40a42..4de4740 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c
> @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ void virtio_crypto_ablkcipher_finalize_req(
>  static struct crypto_alg virtio_crypto_algs[] = { {
>  	.cra_name = "cbc(aes)",
>  	.cra_driver_name = "virtio_crypto_aes_cbc",
> -	.cra_priority = 501,
> +	.cra_priority = 150,
>  	.cra_flags = CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_ABLKCIPHER | CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC,
>  	.cra_blocksize = AES_BLOCK_SIZE,
>  	.cra_ctxsize  = sizeof(struct virtio_crypto_ablkcipher_ctx),
>