Re: [PATCH 08/12] crypto: caam - support crypto_engine framework for SKCIPHER algorithms

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On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 02:11:46PM +0000, Iuliana Prodan wrote:
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> So, just to be clear, I shouldn't use crypto_async_request in driver code?
> I see that this generic crypto request is used in multiple drivers.

I understand that a number of drivers do this in order to share
common code.  However, this is definitely not the preferred way
of handling this.  Ideally such code should be abstracted into
a higher layer such as crypto_engine so that the driver itself
never references these internal types.

> I can try sending _all_ requests to crypto engine and make some 
> performance measurements to see which solution is best.

Thanks,
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