netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 03/24] crypto: Add 'krb5enc' hash and cipher AEAD algorithm

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Message-ID: <20250120191250.GA39025@sol.localdomain>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:12:50 -0800
From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...merspace.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
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	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 03/24] crypto: Add 'krb5enc' hash and cipher AEAD
 algorithm

On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 06:59:40PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Multiple requests in parallel, I think you mean?  No, it doesn't, but it
> > should.
> 
> Not so much.  This bug is on the asynchronous path and not tested by my
> rxrpc/rxgk code which only exercises the synchronous path.  I haven't tried to
> make that asynchronous yet.  I presume testmgr also only tests the sync path.
> 
> David
> 

I'm not sure I understand your question.  Users of the crypto API can exclude
asynchronous algorithms when selecting one, but the self-tests do not do that.

In any case, why would you need anything to do asynchronous at all here?

- Eric