linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] crypto: engine - Permit to enqueue all async requests

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Message-ID: <20180216153656.GA22492@Red>
Date:   Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:36:56 +0100
From:   Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     alexandre.torgue@...com, arei.gonglei@...wei.com, corbet@....net,
        davem@...emloft.net, jasowang@...hat.com,
        mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com, mst@...hat.com, fabien.dessenne@...com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] crypto: engine - Permit to enqueue all async
 requests

On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 11:51:00PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 08:15:28PM +0100, Corentin Labbe wrote:
> > Hello
> > 
> > The current crypto_engine support only ahash and ablkcipher request.
> > My first patch which try to add skcipher was Nacked, it will add too many functions
> > and adding other algs(aead, asymetric_key) will make the situation worst.
> > 
> > This patchset remove all algs specific stuff and now only process generic crypto_async_request.
> > 
> > The requests handler function pointer are now moved out of struct engine and
> > are now stored directly in a crypto_engine_reqctx.
> > 
> > The original proposal of Herbert [1] cannot be done completly since the crypto_engine
> > could only dequeue crypto_async_request and it is impossible to access any request_ctx
> > without knowing the underlying request type.
> > 
> > So I do something near that was requested: adding crypto_engine_reqctx in TFM context.
> > Note that the current implementation expect that crypto_engine_reqctx
> > is the first member of the context.
> > 
> > The first patch is a try to document the crypto engine API.
> > The second patch convert the crypto engine with the new way,
> > while the following patchs convert the 4 existing users of crypto_engine.
> > Note that this split break bisection, so probably the final commit will be all merged.
> > 
> > Appart from virtio, all 4 latest patch were compile tested only.
> > But the crypto engine is tested with my new sun8i-ce driver.
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1474434.html
> > 
> > Changes since V1:
> > - renamed crypto_engine_reqctx to crypto_engine_ctx
> > - indentation fix in function parameter
> > - do not export crypto_transfer_request
> > - Add aead support
> > - crypto_finalize_request is now static
> > 
> > Changes since RFC:
> > - Added a documentation patch
> > - Added patch for stm32-cryp
> > - Changed parameter of all crypto_engine_op functions from
> > 	crypto_async_request to void*
> > - Reintroduced crypto_transfer_xxx_request_to_engine functions
> > 
> > Corentin Labbe (6):
> >   Documentation: crypto: document crypto engine API
> >   crypto: engine - Permit to enqueue all async requests
> >   crypto: omap: convert to new crypto engine API
> >   crypto: virtio: convert to new crypto engine API
> >   crypto: stm32-hash: convert to the new crypto engine API
> >   crypto: stm32-cryp: convert to the new crypto engine API
> 
> All applied.  Thanks.

Hello

As mentionned in the cover letter, all patchs (except documentation one) should be squashed.
A kbuild robot reported a build error on cryptodev due to this.

Regards