On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 11:10:47AM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 12:25:10PM -0800, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 at 11:53, Corentin Labbe <clabbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Since we will need crypto_alg_get/crypto_alg_put for "locking" > > > crypto_alg when updating stats, we need it to be via linux/crypto.h > > > > > > > This seems backwards to me. Surely, crypto stats are permitted to use > > the internal crypto API? > > I agree. > I dont understand what is backwards ? moving or using ? What do you suggest for "locking" crypto_alg ? Regards