linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: doc - clarify hash callbacks state machine

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Date:   Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:24:58 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Horia Geantă <horia.geanta@....com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: doc - clarify hash callbacks state machine

On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 06:39:50AM +0000, Horia Geantă wrote:
>
> The fact that there can be multiple requests in parallel (for a given tfm) is a
> different topic.
> Each request object has its state in its own state machine, independent from the
> other request objects.
> I assume this is clear enough.

My point is that all of the state associated with a request needs
to be stored in the request object.  If you're start storing things
in the driver/hardware, then things will get ugly one way or another.

Cheers,
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