linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto/hisilicon: Add null judgment to the callback interface

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Message-ID: <076d8f36-fa92-8d47-8b46-6e6e7ec75bf5@huawei.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Oct 2022 10:26:06 +0800
From:   liulongfang <liulongfang@...wei.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:     <wangzhou1@...ilicon.com>, <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto/hisilicon: Add null judgment to the callback
 interface

On 2022/9/30 10:49, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 10:43:20AM +0800, Longfang Liu wrote:
>> The algorithm acceleration function interface provided by the
>> current crypto subsystem is in asynchronous mode, but some users
>> will call it in synchronous mode, thus not providing a callback
>> interface for the "base.complete" of the request.
> 
> Please give more details.  Who is calling the callback functions
> in synchronous mode?
> 
> Thanks,
> 

Hi, Herbert.
Do you consider merging this patch?
Thansk,
Longfang.