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

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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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