netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] tcp: md5: use kmalloc() backed scratch areas

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Date:	Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:41:50 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] tcp: md5: use kmalloc() backed scratch areas

On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 10:58:42AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>
> I wonder if it's worth switching from ahash to shash, though.  It
> would probably be simpler and faster.

No shash is not appropriate here because it needs to hash skb
frags which are SG lists.

Cheers,
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