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Re: [PATCH 0/3] Introduce the cypto engine framework

Started byHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
First post2016-02-01 15:40 +0100
Last post2016-02-02 02:40 +0100
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  Re: [PATCH 0/3] Introduce the cypto engine framework Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2016-02-01 15:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 0/3] Introduce the cypto engine framework Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> - 2016-02-02 02:40 +0100

#1323176 — Re: [PATCH 0/3] Introduce the cypto engine framework

FromHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date2016-02-01 15:40 +0100
SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/3] Introduce the cypto engine framework
Message-ID<qXnO3-4aB-59@gated-at.bofh.it>
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 08:25:37PM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:
> Now block cipher engines need to implement and maintain their own queue/thread
> for processing requests, moreover currently helpers provided for only the queue
> itself (in crypto_enqueue_request() and crypto_dequeue_request()) but they
> don't help with the mechanics of driving the hardware (things like running the
> request immediately, DMA map it or providing a thread to process the queue in)
> even though a lot of that code really shouldn't vary that much from device to
> device.
> 
> This patch introduces the crypto engine framework to help the crypto hardware
> drivers to queue requests.

Very nice, all applied.  Thanks!
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Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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#1323696

FromBaolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org>
Date2016-02-02 02:40 +0100
Message-ID<qXy6K-3h2-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1323176
On 1 February 2016 at 22:33, Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 08:25:37PM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:
>> Now block cipher engines need to implement and maintain their own queue/thread
>> for processing requests, moreover currently helpers provided for only the queue
>> itself (in crypto_enqueue_request() and crypto_dequeue_request()) but they
>> don't help with the mechanics of driving the hardware (things like running the
>> request immediately, DMA map it or providing a thread to process the queue in)
>> even though a lot of that code really shouldn't vary that much from device to
>> device.
>>
>> This patch introduces the crypto engine framework to help the crypto hardware
>> drivers to queue requests.
>
> Very nice, all applied.  Thanks!

Thanks a lot!

> --
> Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
> PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt



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Baolin.wang
Best Regards

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