Re: [PATCH bpf-next v4 1/2] bpf: add skcipher API support to TC/XDP programs

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Vadim Fedorenko <vadfed@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Add crypto API support to BPF to be able to decrypt or encrypt packets
> in TC/XDP BPF programs. Only symmetric key ciphers are supported for
> now. Special care should be taken for initialization part of crypto algo
> because crypto_alloc_sync_skcipher() doesn't work with preemtion
> disabled, it can be run only in sleepable BPF program. Also async crypto
> is not supported because of the very same issue - TC/XDP BPF programs
> are not sleepable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadfed@xxxxxxxx>

Please use the newly introduced lskcipher interface instead of
skcipher.

Thanks,
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