netdev - Re: [PATCH net V2] Crypto/chcr: Registering cxgb4 to xfrmdev

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:18:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:     ayush.sawal@...lsio.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        secdev@...lsio.com, lkp@...el.com, steffen.klassert@...unet.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net V2] Crypto/chcr: Registering cxgb4 to xfrmdev_ops

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 16:20:34 +1000

> I think this patch belongs to the networking tree.  The reason is
> that it's related to xfrm offload which has nothing to do with the
> Crypto API.
> 
> Do xfrm offload drivers usually go through the networking tree or
> would it be better directed through the xfrm tree?
> 
> There's really nobody on the crypto mailing list who could give
> this the proper review that it deserves.
> 
> Of course I'm happy to continue taking anything that touches
> chcr_algo.c as that resides wholly within the Crypto API.

Meanwhile it looks like the restructuring effort is underway so
hopefully this is less painful in the future.