On Tue, 26 Jul 2022 21:16:00 +0100 Dmitry Safonov wrote: > The conversion to use crypto_pool has the following upsides: > - now SR uses asynchronous API which may potentially free CPU cycles and > improve performance for of CPU crypto algorithm providers; > - hash descriptors now don't have to be allocated on boot, but only at > the moment SR starts using HMAC and until the last HMAC secret is > deleted; > - potentially reuse ahash_request(s) for different users > - allocate only one per-CPU scratch buffer rather than a new one for > each user > - have a common API for net/ users that need ahash on RX/TX fast path Build problems on allmodconfig: ERROR: modpost: "crypto_pool_reserve_scratch" [net/ipv6/ipv6.ko] undefined!
