linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: tcrypt: don't disable irqs and wait

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Message-ID: <20170518052501.GA32485@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Thu, 18 May 2017 13:25:01 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        gilad.benyossef@....com, Ofir Drang <ofir.drang@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: tcrypt: don't disable irqs and wait

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:25:40AM +0300, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
> The tcrypt AEAD cycles speed tests disables irqs during the test, which is
> broken at the very least since commit
> '1425d2d17f7309c6 ("crypto: tcrypt - Fix AEAD speed tests")'
> adds a wait for completion as part of the test and probably since
> switching to the new AEAD API.
> 
> While the result of taking a cycle count diff may not mean much on SMP
> systems if the task migrates, it's good enough for tcrypt being the quick
> & dirty dev tool it is. It's also what all the other (i.e. hash) cycle
> speed tests do.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
> Reported-by: Ofir Drang <ofir.drang@....com>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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