Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] crypto: Introduce notifier for new crypto algorithms

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Tue Sep 04 2018 - 01:22:02 EST


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.
>
> A new CRYPTO_MSG_ALG_LOADED state is introduced to the existing crypto
> notification chain, and the register/unregister functions are exported
> so they can be called by subsystems outside of crypto.
>
> Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> crypto/algapi.c | 2 ++
> crypto/algboss.c | 2 ++
> crypto/internal.h | 8 --------
> include/crypto/algapi.h | 10 ++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

All applied. Thanks.
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