linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 0/5] Remove CRYPTO_ALG_ALLOCATES

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Date:   Fri, 26 May 2023 06:10:34 +0000
From:   Meenakshi Aggarwal <meenakshi.aggarwal@....com>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
CC:     Horia Geanta <horia.geanta@....com>, Varun Sethi <V.Sethi@....com>,
        Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@....com>,
        Gaurav Jain <gaurav.jain@....com>,
        "herbert@...dor.apana.org.au" <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Iuliana Prodan <iuliana.prodan@....com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 0/5] Remove CRYPTO_ALG_ALLOCATES_MEMORY flag

Hi Eric,

 

We are not updating the functioning of CRYPTO_ALG_ALLOCATES_MEMORY flag.
We have introduced the changes in CAAM driver and this flag is no longer
required for CAAM use-cases.

I will update the description of my patches in next version.

Thanks,
Meenakshi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 10:25 PM
> To: Meenakshi Aggarwal <meenakshi.aggarwal@....com>
> Cc: Horia Geanta <horia.geanta@....com>; Varun Sethi <V.Sethi@....com>;
> Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@....com>; Gaurav Jain <gaurav.jain@....com>;
> herbert@...dor.apana.org.au; davem@...emloft.net; linux-
> crypto@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Iuliana Prodan
> <iuliana.prodan@....com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Remove CRYPTO_ALG_ALLOCATES_MEMORY flag
> 
> On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 05:34:16PM +0200, meenakshi.aggarwal@....com
> wrote:
> > CRYPTO_ALG_ALLOCATES_MEMORY flag is limited only to dm-crypt
> > use-cases, which seems to be 4 entries maximum.
> 
> This isn't mentioned in the documentation for
> CRYPTO_ALG_ALLOCATES_MEMORY.  So it's not part of the contract of
> CRYPTO_ALG_ALLOCATES_MEMORY currently.
> 
> Please don't make this change without updating the documentation.
> 
> If you'd like to make this change, please update the documentation for
> CRYPTO_ALG_ALLOCATES_MEMORY to mention this additional exception.
> 
> - Eric