linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 7/9] crypto: caam - add crypto

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Date:   Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:57:15 +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>
CC:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Silvano Di Ninno <silvano.dininno@....com>,
        Franck Lenormand <franck.lenormand@....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 v6 7/9] crypto: caam - add crypto_engine support for AEAD
 algorithms

On 2/12/2020 7:56 PM, Iuliana Prodan wrote:
> Add crypto_engine support for AEAD algorithms, to make use of
> the engine queue.
> The requests, with backlog flag, will be listed into crypto-engine
> queue and processed by CAAM when free.
> If sending just the backlog request to crypto-engine, and non-blocking
> directly to CAAM, the latter requests have a better chance to be
> executed since JR has up to 1024 entries, more than the 10 entries
> from crypto-engine.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Iuliana Prodan <iuliana.prodan@....com>
Reviewed-by: Horia Geantă <horia.geanta@....com>

Thanks,
Horia