Re: [Squashfs-devel] [patch 0/3] [RFC] zlib crypto module

From: Phillip Lougher
Date: Sat Sep 06 2008 - 00:41:26 EST


Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
These patches add a (de)compression module for the "zlib" format using the
crypto API:
[1] crypto: Add a zlib crypto module
[2] tcrypt: Add a self test for the zlib crypto module
[3] squashfs: Switch from zlib/inflate to "zlib" crypto module

The last patch is a proof-of-concept to make SquashFS 3.4 use this new zlib
crypto module. This makes it easier to e.g. change the decompression algorithm
in SquashFS or to make use of a hardware-accelerated zlib crypto module.

It can be extended to other compressed file systems, like e.g. AxFS and CRAMFS.

All comments are welcome. Thanks!


Moving Squashfs over to the crypto API is a good idea. When the zlib crypto module code is in the mainline kernel moving Squashfs, AxFS and CRAMFS over will be easy.

Are you planning to do the necessary work to get this (or a subsequent version following the comments from Herbert Xu) into mainline?

Cheers

Phillip
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