Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Sep 2018 15:30:06 +0200 | From | Torsten Duwe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] crypto: Introduce notifier for new crypto algorithms |
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 11:00:14AM -0400, Martin K. Petersen wrote: > Introduce a facility that can be used to receive a notification > callback when a new algorithm becomes available. This can be used by > existing crypto registrations to trigger a switch from a software-only > algorithm to a hardware-accelerated version.
While this is apparently fine with the patch set you sent, what about cases where the crypto context of old and new implementation is not 100% compatible? The switch will still work for sure if there are no current active users of the algo, but otherwise...? Just a thought.
Torsten
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