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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/9] crypto: engine: workqueue can only be processed one by one
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 04:58:00PM +0100, Corentin Labbe wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 03:50:14PM +0000, Horia Geanta wrote:
> > On 1/22/2020 12:46 PM, Corentin Labbe wrote:
> > > Some bykeshedding are unnecessary since a workqueue can only be executed
> > > one by one.
> > > This behaviour is documented in:
> > > - kernel/kthread.c: comment of kthread_worker_fn()
> > > - Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst: the functions associated with the work items one after the other
> > [...]
> > > @@ -73,16 +73,6 @@ static void crypto_pump_requests(struct crypto_engine *engine,
> > >
> > > spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->queue_lock, flags);
> > >
> > > - /* Make sure we are not already running a request */
> > > - if (engine->cur_req)
> > > - goto out;
> > > -
> > This check is here for a good reason, namely because crypto engine
> > cannot currently handle multiple crypto requests being in "flight"
> > in parallel.
> >
> > More exactly, if this check is removed the following sequence could occur:
> > crypto_pump_work() -> crypto_pump_requests() -> .do_one_request(areq1)
> > crypto_pump_work() -> crypto_pump_requests() -> .do_one_request(areq2)
> > crypto_finalize_request(areq1)
> > crypto_finalize_request(areq2)
> >
>
> As explained in the commitlog, crypto_pump_work() cannot be ran twice.
>

Sorry, I have misunderstood and wrongly answered.

Right since some driver does not block on do_one_request(), crypto_pump_work() can be ran one after one and so launch two request.

So this patch is bad.

Regards

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