linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] crypto: engine

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Message-ID: <20200327044404.GA12318@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Fri, 27 Mar 2020 15:44:04 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Iuliana Prodan <iuliana.prodan@....com>
Cc:     Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>,
        Horia Geanta <horia.geanta@....com>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Aymen Sghaier <aymen.sghaier@....com>,
        "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 v4 1/2] crypto: engine - support for parallel requests

On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 01:08:18PM +0000, Iuliana Prodan wrote:
> 
> This case can happen right now, also. I can't guarantee that all drivers 
> send all requests via crypto-engine.

I think this is something that we should address.  If a driver
is going to use crypto_engine then really all requests should go
through that.  IOW, we should have a one-to-one relationship between
engines and hardware.

Thanks,
-- 
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