linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/12] crypto: caam - bypass crypto-engine sw queue, if empty

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Message-ID: <VI1PR0402MB348532182CBA23131430DAA9984E0@VI1PR0402MB3485.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Thu, 21 Nov 2019 11:53:28 +0000
From:   Horia Geanta <horia.geanta@....com>
To:     Iuliana Prodan <iuliana.prodan@....com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Aymen Sghaier <aymen.sghaier@....com>,
        Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>
CC:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Gary Hook <gary.hook@....com>,
        "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/12] crypto: caam - bypass crypto-engine sw queue, if
 empty

On 11/18/2019 12:31 AM, Iuliana Prodan wrote:
> Bypass crypto-engine software queue, if empty, and send the request
> directly to hardware. If this returns -ENOSPC, transfer the request to
> crypto-engine and let it handle it.
> 
Could this optimization be added directly into the crypto engine?

> Signed-off-by: Iuliana Prodan <iuliana.prodan@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/caam/jr.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/jr.c b/drivers/crypto/caam/jr.c
> index 5c55d3d..ddf3d39 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/caam/jr.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/jr.c
> @@ -476,10 +476,33 @@ int caam_jr_enqueue(struct device *dev, u32 *desc,
>  	struct caam_drv_private_jr *jrpriv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
>  	struct caam_jr_request_entry *jrentry = areq;
>  	struct crypto_async_request *req = jrentry->base;
> +	int ret;
>  
> -	if (req->flags & CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG)
> -		return transfer_request_to_engine(jrpriv->engine, req);
> -
> +	if (req->flags & CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG) {
> +		if (crypto_queue_len(&jrpriv->engine->queue) == 0) {
> +			/*
> +			 * send the request to CAAM, if crypto-engine queue
> +			 * is empty
> +			 */
> +			ret = caam_jr_enqueue_no_bklog(dev, desc, cbk, jrentry);
> +			if (ret == -ENOSPC)
> +				/*
> +				 * CAAM has no space, so transfer the request
> +				 * to crypto-engine
> +				 */
> +				return transfer_request_to_engine(jrpriv->engine,
> +								  req);
> +			else
> +				return ret;
> +		} else {
> +			/*
> +			 * crypto-engine queue is not empty, so transfer the
> +			 * request to crypto-engine, to keep the order
> +			 * of requests
> +			 */
> +			return transfer_request_to_engine(jrpriv->engine, req);
> +		}
> +	}
>  	return caam_jr_enqueue_no_bklog(dev, desc, cbk, jrentry);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(caam_jr_enqueue);
>