linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] CAAM JR lifecycle

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Date:   Wed, 13 Nov 2019 11:25:50 -0800
From:   Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>
To:     Horia Geanta <horia.geanta@....com>
Cc:     Vakul Garg <vakul.garg@....com>,
        "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        Chris Healy <cphealy@...il.com>,
        Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Iuliana Prodan <iuliana.prodan@....com>,
        dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@....com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] CAAM JR lifecycle

On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 10:57 AM Horia Geanta <horia.geanta@....com> wrote:
>
> On 11/6/2019 5:19 PM, Andrey Smirnov wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 11:27 PM Vakul Garg <vakul.garg@....com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: linux-crypto-owner@...r.kernel.org <linux-crypto-
> >>> owner@...r.kernel.org> On Behalf Of Andrey Smirnov
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 8:44 PM
> >>> To: linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
> >>> Cc: Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>; Chris Healy
> >>> <cphealy@...il.com>; Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>; Horia Geanta
> >>> <horia.geanta@....com>; Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>;
> >>> Iuliana Prodan <iuliana.prodan@....com>; dl-linux-imx <linux-
> >>> imx@....com>; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> >>> Subject: [PATCH 0/5] CAAM JR lifecycle
> >>>
> >>> Everyone:
> >>>
> >>> This series is a different approach to addressing the issues brought up in
> >>> [discussion]. This time the proposition is to get away from creating per-JR
> >>> platfrom device, move all of the underlying code into caam.ko and disable
> >>> manual binding/unbinding of the CAAM device via sysfs. Note that this series
> >>> is a rough cut intented to gauge if this approach could be acceptable for
> >>> upstreaming.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Andrey Smirnov
> >>>
> >>> [discussion] lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190904023515.7107-13-
> >>> andrew.smirnov@...il.com
> >>>
> >>> Andrey Smirnov (5):
> >>>   crypto: caam - use static initialization
> >>>   crypto: caam - introduce caam_jr_cbk
> >>>   crypto: caam - convert JR API to use struct caam_drv_private_jr
> >>>   crypto: caam - do not create a platform devices for JRs
> >>>   crypto: caam - disable CAAM's bind/unbind attributes
> >>>
> >>
> >> To access caam jobrings from DPDK (user space drivers), we unbind job-ring's platform device from the kernel.
> >> What would be the alternate way to enable job ring drivers in user space?
> >>
> >
> > Wouldn't either building your kernel with
> > CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_FSL_CAAM_JR=n (this series doesn't handle that right
> > currently due to being a rough cut) or disabling specific/all JRs via
> > DT accomplish the same goal?
> >
> It's not a 1:1 match, the ability to move a ring to user space / VM etc.
> *dynamically* goes away.
>

Wouldn't it be possible to do that dynamically using DT overlays? That
is "modprobe -r caam; <apply overlay>; modprobe caam"?

Thanks,
Andrey Smirnov