linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 12/14] crypto: iaa - Add support for deflate-iaa compression algorithm

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Date:   Sat, 22 Jul 2023 13:23:01 +1200
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, fenghua.yu@...el.com, vkoul@...nel.org,
        dave.jiang@...el.com, tony.luck@...el.com,
        wajdi.k.feghali@...el.com, james.guilford@...el.com,
        kanchana.p.sridhar@...el.com, vinodh.gopal@...el.com,
        giovanni.cabiddu@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 12/14] crypto: iaa - Add support for deflate-iaa
 compression algorithm

On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 02:06:52PM -0500, Tom Zanussi wrote:
>
> Because the IAA hardware has a 4k history-window limitation, only
> buffers <= 4k, or that have been compressed using a <= 4k history
> window, are technically compliant with the deflate spec, which allows
> for a window of up to 32k.  Because of this limitation, the IAA fixed
> mode deflate algorithm is given its own algorithm name, 'deflate-iaa'.

So compressed results produced by this can always be decompressed
by the generic algorithm, right?

If it's only when you decompress that you may encounter failures,
then I suggest that we still use the same algorithm name, but fall
back at run-time if the result cannot be decompressed by the
hardware.  Is it possible to fail gracefully and then retry the
decompression in this case?

Thanks,
-- 
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