linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 3/9] crypto: caam - drop global context pointer and init

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Message-ID: <09e82dba-2130-b1d7-73af-d03927be5d56@nxp.com>
Date:   Fri, 20 Mar 2020 17:47:06 +0200
From:   Horia Geantă <horia.geanta@....com>
To:     Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Chris Healy <cphealy@...il.com>,
        Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Iuliana Prodan <iuliana.prodan@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-imx@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 3/9] crypto: caam - drop global context pointer and
 init_done

On 3/19/2020 6:13 PM, Andrey Smirnov wrote:
> Leverage devres to get rid of code storing global context as well as
> init_done flag.
> 
> Original code also has a circular deallocation dependency where
> unregister_algs() -> caam_rng_exit() -> caam_jr_free() chain would
> only happen if all of JRs were freed. Fix this by moving
> caam_rng_exit() outside of unregister_algs() and doing it specifically
> for JR that instantiated HWRNG.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>
> Cc: Chris Healy <cphealy@...il.com>
> Cc: Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>
> Cc: Horia Geantă <horia.geanta@....com>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Cc: Iuliana Prodan <iuliana.prodan@....com>
> Cc: linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-imx@....com
Reviewed-by: Horia Geantă <horia.geanta@....com>

Thanks,
Horia