linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 01/20] crypto: change transient busy return code to -EAGAIN

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Date:   Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:26:51 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 01/20] crypto: change transient busy return code to
 -EAGAIN

On Sat, Oct 07, 2017 at 10:51:42AM +0300, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 6:05 AM, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 05, 2017 at 03:38:40PM +0300, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
> >>
> >> diff --git a/crypto/algif_hash.c b/crypto/algif_hash.c
> >> index 5e92bd2..3b3c154 100644
> >> --- a/crypto/algif_hash.c
> >> +++ b/crypto/algif_hash.c
> >> @@ -39,6 +39,20 @@ struct algif_hash_tfm {
> >>       bool has_key;
> >>  };
> >>
> >> +/* Previous versions of crypto_* ops used to return -EBUSY
> >> + * rather than -EAGAIN to indicate being tied up. The in
> >> + * kernel API changed but we don't want to break the user
> >> + * space API. As only the hash user interface exposed this
> >> + * error ever to the user, do the translation here.
> >> + */
> >> +static inline int crypto_user_err(int err)
> >> +{
> >> +     if (err == -EAGAIN)
> >> +             return -EBUSY;
> >> +
> >> +     return err;
> >
> > I don't see the need to carry along this baggage.  Does anyone
> > in user-space actually rely on EBUSY?
> 
> 
> I am not aware of anyone who does. I was just trying to avoid
> changing the user ABI.
> 
> Shall I roll a new revision without this patch?

Yes please.  I'd rather not carry this around for eternity unless
it was actually required.

Thanks,
-- 
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