netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 3/5] crypto: add possibility to force sync transform

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Message-ID: <20081201131910.GA13998@secunet.com>
Date:	Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:19:10 +0100
From:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	klassert@...hematik.tu-chemnitz.de
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/5] crypto: add possibility to force sync transform

On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 07:22:25PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> 
> If you want sync algorithms, you should request for that at alloc
> time:
> 
> 	crypto_alloc_ablkcipher("foo", 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);

Ok, will do that.

> 
> Doing so at run-time is going to end in tears.
> 

As I wrote, I'm not that familiar with the crypto system :-)
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