linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvmet-tcp: switch to using the crc32c library

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Message-ID: <20250409040415.GB4424@sol.localdomain>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 21:04:15 -0700
From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
	Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvmet-tcp: switch to using the crc32c library

Hi,

On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 10:28:40PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> 
> Now that the crc32c() library function directly takes advantage of
> architecture-specific optimizations, it is unnecessary to go through the
> crypto API.  Just use crc32c().  This is much simpler, and it improves
> performance due to eliminating the crypto API overhead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c | 92 +++++++++++----------------------------
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)

This patch never got applied.

- Eric