netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/6] crypto: api

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Date:   Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:28:16 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
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        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
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        Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>,
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        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri05@...il.com>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
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        Leonard Crestez <cdleonard@...il.com>,
        Salam Noureddine <noureddine@...sta.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] crypto: api - Add crypto_clone_tfm

On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 02:24:17PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> This patch adds the helper crypto_clone_tfm.  The purpose is to
> allocate a tfm object with GFP_ATOMIC.  As we cannot sleep, the
> object has to be cloned from an existing tfm object.
> 
> This allows code paths that cannot otherwise allocate a crypto_tfm
> object to do so.  Once a new tfm has been obtained its key could
> then be changed without impacting other users.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>