linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: stm32/crc32 - Avoid lock if hardware is already used

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Message-ID: <28561e25-1140-9a08-1546-4422150b65f7@st.com>
Date:   Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:54:41 +0000
From:   Nicolas TOROMANOFF <nicolas.toromanoff@...com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Alexandre TORGUE <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        "Ard Biesheuvel" <ardb@...nel.org>,
        "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com" 
        <linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: stm32/crc32 - Avoid lock if hardware is already
 used

Hello Herbert,

On 9/11/20 6:28 AM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 01:25:27PM +0200, Nicolas Toromanoff wrote:
>> If STM32 CRC device is already in use, calculate CRC by software.
>>
>> This will release CPU constraint for a concurrent access to the
>> hardware, and avoid masking irqs during the whole block processing.
>>
>> Fixes: 7795c0baf5ac ("crypto: stm32/crc32 - protect from concurrent accesses")
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Toromanoff <nicolas.toromanoff@...com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/crypto/stm32/Kconfig       |  2 ++
>>   drivers/crypto/stm32/stm32-crc32.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
>>   2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/stm32/Kconfig b/drivers/crypto/stm32/Kconfig
>> index 4ef3eb11361c..8d605b07571f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/crypto/stm32/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/crypto/stm32/Kconfig
>> @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ config CRYPTO_DEV_STM32_CRC
>>   	tristate "Support for STM32 crc accelerators"
>>   	depends on ARCH_STM32
>>   	select CRYPTO_HASH
>> +	select CRYPTO_CRC32
>> +	select CRYPTO_CRC32C
> 
> Shouldn't this be "select CRC32"?

Correct "select CRC32" is enough.
I'll send a version 2 with only "select CRC32".


Nicolas.