Re: [PATCH 9/9] crypto: qce - switch to using a mutex

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On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 10:28:26AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > I was testing with kcapi-speed and cryptsetup benchmark. I've never
> > seen any errors.
> >
> > Is this after my changes only or did it exist before? You're testing
> > with the tcrypt module? How are you inserting it exactly? What params?
>
> Those are all benchmarks, not tests.  The tests run at registration time if you
> just enable the kconfig options for them:
>
>     # CONFIG_CRYPTO_MANAGER_DISABLE_TESTS is not set
>     CONFIG_CRYPTO_MANAGER_EXTRA_TESTS=y
>
> The test failures and KASAN error occur on mainline too, so yes they occur
> before your patchset too.
>
> > >
> > > I personally still struggle to understand how this driver could plausibly be
> > > useful when the software crypto has no issues, is much faster, and is much
> > > better tested.  What is motivating having this driver in the kernel?
> >
> > We want to use it in conjunction with the upcoming scminvoke (for
> > loading TAs and invoking objects - used to program the keys into the
> > QCE) to support the DRM use-case for decrypting streaming data inside
> > secure buffers upstream.
>
> Notably lacking is any claim that any of the current features of the driver are
> actually useful.
>

Noted. I'm still quite early into working on the upstream-bound code
supporting the streaming use-case but I will consider a proposal to
remove existing features that are better provided by ARM CE.

Thanks,
Bartosz





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