linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 06/13] cifs: Add a function to Hash the contents of an iterator

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Message-ID: <2957463.1674815638@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 27 Jan 2023 10:33:58 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, smfrench@...il.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        nspmangalore@...il.com, rohiths.msft@...il.com, tom@...pey.com,
        metze@...ba.org, hch@...radead.org, willy@...radead.org,
        jlayton@...nel.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        sfrench@...ba.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 06/13] cifs: Add a function to Hash the contents of an iterator

Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> wrote:

> Please convert this to ahash.  The whole point of shash is to
> process *small* amounts of data that is not on an SG list.

Is ahash offloaded to another thread or hardware?

David