On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 09:15:54PM +0100, Dmitry Safonov wrote: > Add crypto_pool - an API for allocating per-CPU array of crypto requests > on slow-path (in sleep'able context) and to use them on a fast-path, > which is RX/TX for net/ users (or in any other bh-disabled users). > The design is based on the current implementations of md5sig_pool. > > Previously, I've suggested to add such API on TCP-AO patch submission [1], > where Herbert kindly suggested to help with introducing new crypto API. What I was suggesting is modifying the actual ahash interface so that the tfm can be shared between different key users by moving the key into the request object. Thanks, -- Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt