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SubjectRe: Decreasing time for `rsa_init`
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Dear Stephan,


Thank you for the quick response.


On 07/12/17 19:28, Stephan Müller wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 12. Juli 2017, 12:59:58 CEST schrieb Paul Menzel:

>> Building CRYPTO_RSA not as module, but into the Linux kernel,
>> `rsa_init()` takes 130 ms on an ASRock E350M1.
>>
>> (Timings are shown by adding `initcall_debug` to Linux command line [1].
>> The times are visualized by `analyze_boot.py` from pm-graph [2] or
>> `systemd-bootchart`.)
>>
>> This is quite a lot of time compared to other modules, and I wonder if
>> there are ways to decrease that time other than building it as a module,
>> and not signing modules?
>
> Is the testmgr compiled? If yes, the self test may take that time.

It looks like it is, as the tests are not disabled.

```
$ grep MANAGER_DISABLE_TESTS .config
# CONFIG_CRYPTO_MANAGER_DISABLE_TESTS is not set
```

I’ll try an image without the tests, and will report back.


Kind regards,

Paul


>> [1] http://elinux.org/Initcall_Debug
>> [2] https://github.com/01org/pm-graph

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