Re: [PATCH 1/9] crypto: engine: workqueue can only be processed one by one

[Corentin Labbe]

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.

Regards