Re: [PATCH 5/5] crypto: AES CBC multi-buffer glue code

[Stephan Mueller]

Am Mittwoch, 28. Oktober 2015, 14:19:29 schrieb Tim Chen:

Hi Tim,

>+
>+	/* check for dependent cpu features */
>+	if (!cpu_has_aes) {
>+		pr_err("aes_cbc_mb_mod_init: no aes support\n");
>+		err = -ENODEV;
>+		goto err1;
>+	}

In your post 0/5, you say that this mechanism needs AVX2. In the existing 
AESNI glue code I find

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
#ifdef CONFIG_AS_AVX2
        if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVX2)) {

...

Why would that CPU check not be needed here?

Ciao
Stephan
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