Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework

From	Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework
Date	2016-04-18 11:00 +0200
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On 18 April 2016 at 16:41, Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 04:40:36PM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:
>>
>> Simply to say, now there are many different hardware engines for
>> different vendors, some engines can support bulk block but some can
>> not (or no cipher hardware engine), then the dm-crypt can not know
>> your hardware engine features. If the dm-crypt send one bulk block to
>> low level, but the engine driver can not support bulk block, then it
>> will crash. So we did the merging action in driver level not dm-crypt
>> level.
>
> Surely we can handle it in the crypto API layer, just as we do GSO
> in the network stack for drivers that can't handle TSO?

Yes, it is similar. Thanks.

>
> Cheers,
> --
> Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
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-- 
Baolin.wang
Best Regards

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Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> - 2016-04-18 07:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2016-04-18 07:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> - 2016-04-18 08:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2016-04-18 09:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2016-04-18 09:30 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> - 2016-04-18 10:00 +0200
            Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2016-04-18 10:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> - 2016-04-18 10:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2016-04-18 10:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> - 2016-04-18 10:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2016-04-18 10:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> - 2016-04-18 10:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2016-04-18 10:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> - 2016-04-18 11:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> - 2016-04-18 09:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> - 2016-04-18 15:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce bulk mode for crypto engine framework Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com> - 2016-04-18 23:30 +0200

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