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SubjectRe: [PATCH] crypto: x86/crc32c-intel - Don't match some Zhaoxin CPUs
On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 06:28:11PM +0800, Tony W Wang-oc wrote:
> The driver crc32c-intel match CPUs supporting X86_FEATURE_XMM4_2.
> On platforms with Zhaoxin CPUs supporting this X86 feature, when
> crc32c-intel and crc32c-generic are both registered, system will
> use crc32c-intel because its .cra_priority is greater than
> crc32c-generic.
>
> When doing lmbench3 Create and Delete file test on partitions with
> ext4 enabling metadata checksum, found using crc32c-generic driver
> could get about 20% performance gain than using the driver crc32c-intel
> on some Zhaoxin CPUs.
>
> This case expect to use crc32c-generic driver for these Zhaoxin CPUs
> to get performance gain, so remove these Zhaoxin CPUs support from
> crc32c-intel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tony W Wang-oc <TonyWWang-oc@zhaoxin.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/crypto/crc32c-intel_glue.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

This does not seem to address the latest comment from hpa.

Thanks,
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