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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.hengli.com.au>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Crypto Update for 2.6.38
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 13:23:19 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTimwaJCUxvMLoeS5Cpmu7FX3y=coeSdkPrrL4zcr@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110106211645.GA26184@gondor.apana.org.au>

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.hengli.com.au> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 10:05:46AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>>
>> Is there really any point to this? And can we get more explanation of
>> what the interface is, and who would use it?
>
> I think you've answered it yourself in the third paragraph :)

No I didn't.

What part of "can we get more explanation of what the interface is" is unclear?

Explanations of interface. Code. Who uses it? What are the actual
performance benefits on real code?

Quite frankly, asynchronous external devices using DMA or similar are
seldom real performance improvements. The bus and cache traffic tends
to overwhelm any other advantage, and commonly the result is (a) lower
performance with (b) better-looking profiles.

But "better-looking profiles" isn't actually a real advantage.

And I really do want to hear about new kernel interfaces. What _are_
the interfaces, and what are the advantages to them.

                     Linus

  reply	other threads:[~2011-01-06 21:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 246+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-25  0:17 Crypto Update for 2.6.29 Herbert Xu
2008-12-25  0:20 ` Herbert Xu
2009-03-24  4:49   ` Crypto Update for 2.6.30 Herbert Xu
     [not found]   ` <20090324044932.GA18245@gondor.apana.org.au>
2009-04-02  6:14     ` Herbert Xu
2009-05-17 22:28       ` Herbert Xu
2009-05-31 13:12         ` Herbert Xu
2009-06-13  2:05     ` Crypto Update for 2.6.31 Herbert Xu
2009-06-21 14:09       ` Crypto Fixes " Herbert Xu
2009-09-02 22:03         ` Herbert Xu
2009-09-10 14:19       ` Crypto Update for 2.6.32 Herbert Xu
     [not found]       ` <20090910141905.GA17948@gondor.apana.org.au>
2009-10-20  6:54         ` Crypto Fixes " Herbert Xu
2009-10-20  7:26           ` Herbert Xu
2009-11-23 12:05             ` Herbert Xu
2009-12-30  2:12           ` Crypto Fixes for 2.6.33 Herbert Xu
2010-02-01 19:52             ` Herbert Xu
     [not found]             ` <20100201195204.GA6953@gondor.apana.org.au>
2010-03-05  7:10               ` Crypto Fixes for 2.6.34 Herbert Xu
     [not found]               ` <20100305071043.GA3548@gondor.apana.org.au>
2010-04-27 13:55                 ` Herbert Xu
2010-06-03 10:05                   ` Crypto Fixes for 2.6.35 Herbert Xu
2010-06-03 16:26                     ` Linus Torvalds
2010-06-03 21:56                       ` Herbert Xu
2010-07-16  2:26                     ` Herbert Xu
2010-07-22  5:50                       ` Herbert Xu
2010-07-23  5:17                         ` Lee Nipper
2010-07-23  7:27                           ` Herbert Xu
2010-07-23 13:17                             ` Lee Nipper
2010-09-03  6:00                         ` Herbert Xu
2010-09-03 11:07                           ` Crypto Fixes for 2.6.36 Herbert Xu
2010-12-15 11:50                             ` Crypto Fixes for 2.6.37 Herbert Xu
2010-12-15 20:40                               ` Linus Torvalds
2010-12-16  0:49                                 ` Herbert Xu
2010-12-16  0:58                                   ` Herbert Xu
2011-02-16  5:39                               ` Crypto Fixes for 2.6.38 Herbert Xu
     [not found]                               ` <20110216053911.GA10999@gondor.apana.org.au>
2011-03-28  7:13                                 ` Crypto Fixes for 2.6.39 Herbert Xu
2011-06-29 23:51                                   ` Crypto Fixes for 3.0 Herbert Xu
2011-10-21  8:22                                     ` Crypto Fixes for 3.1 Herbert Xu
2011-10-21  9:41                                       ` David Rientjes
2011-10-21 11:35                                         ` Herbert Xu
2011-11-10 23:00                                       ` Crypto Fixes for 3.2 Herbert Xu
2011-11-26  2:34                                         ` Herbert Xu
2012-01-26  2:43                                     ` Crypto Fixes for 3.3 Herbert Xu
2012-01-26  3:35                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2012-01-26  4:07                                         ` Herbert Xu
2012-01-26  4:16                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2012-02-14  3:35                                       ` Herbert Xu
2012-02-16  5:32                                         ` Herbert Xu
2012-03-03  5:36                                           ` Herbert Xu
2012-03-22  1:20                                       ` Crypto Fixes for 3.4 Herbert Xu
2012-04-02  9:45                                         ` Herbert Xu
2012-04-20 14:16                                           ` Herbert Xu
2012-06-11 13:00                                         ` Crypto Fixes for 3.5 Herbert Xu
2012-06-18  8:24                                           ` Herbert Xu
2012-08-23  8:32                                       ` Crypto Fixes for 3.6 Herbert Xu
2012-09-11  4:10                                         ` Herbert Xu
2012-11-09  9:30                                         ` Crypto Fixes for 3.7 Herbert Xu
2013-03-28  8:28                                           ` Crypto Fixes for 3.9 Herbert Xu
2013-03-28 13:05                                             ` Chaoxing Lin
2013-03-28 13:52                                               ` Herbert Xu
2013-04-10  2:21                                             ` Herbert Xu
2013-04-22  0:34                                               ` Herbert Xu
2013-05-28  5:52                                             ` Crypto Fixes for 3.10 Herbert Xu
2013-06-10  9:05                                               ` Herbert Xu
2013-06-20 13:29                                                 ` Herbert Xu
2013-06-27 13:02                                                   ` Herbert Xu
2013-07-24  7:23                                             ` Crypto Fixes for 3.11 Herbert Xu
2013-09-13 11:30                                             ` Crypto Fixes for 3.12 Herbert Xu
2013-09-13 14:22                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-13 14:39                                                 ` Herbert Xu
2013-12-03 12:41                                             ` Crypto Fixes for 3.13 Herbert Xu
2013-12-09 11:57                                               ` Herbert Xu
2014-01-01  6:10                                                 ` Herbert Xu
2014-02-03 12:59                                                   ` Crypto Fixes for 3.14 Herbert Xu
2014-04-13 23:34                                                     ` Crypto Fixes for 3.15 Herbert Xu
2014-05-13 11:02                                                       ` Herbert Xu
2014-05-21 12:22                                                         ` Herbert Xu
2014-07-10  9:03                                                     ` Crypto Fixes for 3.16 Herbert Xu
2014-07-18 10:57                                                       ` Herbert Xu
2014-07-28 14:05                                                         ` Herbert Xu
2014-07-31 13:59                                                           ` Herbert Xu
2014-09-15 11:35                                                       ` Crypto Fixes for 3.17 Herbert Xu
2014-09-24 13:27                                                         ` Herbert Xu
2014-11-10  8:57                                                           ` Crypto Fixes for 3.18 Herbert Xu
2014-12-31  3:32                                                     ` Crypto Fixes for 3.19 Herbert Xu
2015-01-07  2:17                                                       ` Herbert Xu
2015-01-20  0:52                                                         ` Herbert Xu
2015-03-09  5:19                                                         ` Crypto Fixes for 4.0 Herbert Xu
2015-03-18  5:25                                                           ` Herbert Xu
2015-03-18 18:12                                                             ` Linus Torvalds
2015-04-25  8:03                                                         ` Crypto Fixes for 4.1 Herbert Xu
2015-05-05 10:06                                                           ` Herbert Xu
2015-05-11  5:56                                                             ` Herbert Xu
2015-05-20  6:54                                                               ` Herbert Xu
2015-05-22  4:05                                                                 ` Herbert Xu
2015-05-22 21:29                                                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-22 21:39                                                                     ` Herbert Xu
2015-05-26  8:43                                                                   ` Herbert Xu
2015-06-18  3:43                                                                     ` Herbert Xu
2010-09-04 10:45                           ` Crypto Fixes for 2.6.35 Chuck Ebbert
2010-09-04 12:22                             ` Herbert Xu
2010-11-13 12:59               ` Crypto Fixes for 2.6.37 Herbert Xu
2009-12-04 13:55     ` Crypto Update for 2.6.33 Herbert Xu
2010-02-26  0:49       ` Crypto Update for 2.6.34 Herbert Xu
2010-03-01  7:50         ` tip: origin tree boot crash Ingo Molnar
2010-03-01 14:55           ` Steffen Klassert
2010-03-03 14:42             ` Herbert Xu
2010-03-04  3:00               ` Ingo Molnar
2010-03-04  5:31                 ` Herbert Xu
2010-05-19  2:06         ` Crypto Update for 2.6.35 Herbert Xu
2010-05-21 10:44           ` Herbert Xu
2010-08-04 14:04             ` Crypto Update for 2.6.36 Herbert Xu
2010-10-24  6:16               ` Crypto Update for 2.6.37 Herbert Xu
     [not found]               ` <20101024061625.GA23715@gondor.apana.org.au>
2011-01-06  0:01                 ` Crypto Update for 2.6.38 Herbert Xu
2011-01-06 18:05                   ` Linus Torvalds
2011-01-06 21:16                     ` Herbert Xu
2011-01-06 21:23                       ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2011-01-06 21:39                         ` Herbert Xu
2011-01-06 22:13                           ` Linus Torvalds
2011-01-06 22:30                             ` Herbert Xu
2011-01-06 22:33                               ` David Miller
2011-01-06 22:43                               ` Linus Torvalds
2011-01-06 22:53                                 ` Herbert Xu
2011-01-06 23:25                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2011-01-07  0:14                                     ` Herbert Xu
2011-01-07  2:43                                       ` David Miller
2011-01-07  3:04                                         ` Herbert Xu
2011-01-07  2:39                                   ` Pavel Roskin
2011-01-07  3:03                                     ` Herbert Xu
2011-01-07 12:04                             ` Neil Horman
2011-01-08 13:23                               ` Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
2011-01-10 12:03                                 ` Neil Horman
2011-01-10 19:05                                   ` Dag Arne Osvik
2011-01-06 21:46                       ` Pavel Roskin
2011-01-06 21:49                         ` Herbert Xu
2011-01-06 23:02                         ` Mihai Donțu
2011-01-13  1:44                   ` Herbert Xu
2011-03-15 14:59                   ` Crypto Update for 2.6.39 Herbert Xu
2011-05-20 23:54                     ` Crypto Update for 2.6.40 Herbert Xu
2011-07-24  1:17                       ` Crypto Update for 3.1 Herbert Xu
2011-10-31  4:09                         ` Crypto Update for 3.2 Herbert Xu
2011-10-31 16:42                           ` Randy Dunlap
2011-10-31 17:16                             ` Linus Torvalds
2011-11-01  3:48                               ` Herbert Xu
2012-01-06  4:12                           ` Crypto Update for 3.3 Herbert Xu
2012-01-11 22:19                             ` Herbert Xu
2012-03-20  3:27                             ` Herbert Xu
2012-05-23  1:35                               ` Crypto Update for 3.5 Herbert Xu
2012-05-23 23:06                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-05-24  0:21                                   ` Herbert Xu
2012-05-24  8:36                                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-05-24  7:03                                   ` Linus Walleij
2012-07-25  8:41                                 ` Crypto Update for 3.6 Herbert Xu
2012-10-04  9:53                             ` Crypto Update for 3.7 Herbert Xu
2012-12-14 10:31                               ` Crypto Update for 3.8 Herbert Xu
2013-02-23  2:33                                 ` Crypto Update for 3.9 Herbert Xu
2013-05-02  1:47                                   ` Crypto Update for 3.10 Herbert Xu
2013-07-05  9:52                                     ` Crypto Update for 3.11 Herbert Xu
2013-09-07  3:55                                   ` Crypto Update for 3.12 Herbert Xu
2013-11-07  8:01                                     ` Crypto Update for 3.13 Herbert Xu
2013-11-12 16:41                                       ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-12 16:59                                         ` Borislav Petkov
2013-11-12 18:27                                           ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-19  2:21                                         ` [GIT] " Herbert Xu
2013-11-23  1:34                                         ` Herbert Xu
2013-11-23  1:40                                           ` Herbert Xu
2014-01-23 11:53                                       ` Crypto Update for 3.14 Herbert Xu
2014-04-01 10:00                                         ` Crypto Update for 3.15 Herbert Xu
2014-06-05  6:23                                           ` Crypto Update for 3.16 Herbert Xu
2014-06-08  2:56                                             ` Linus Torvalds
2014-06-08  4:55                                               ` Herbert Xu
2014-06-09  1:47                                               ` Steven Miao
2014-08-04 13:03                                             ` Crypto Update for 3.17 Herbert Xu
2014-10-07 13:18                                               ` Crypto Update for 3.18 Herbert Xu
2014-12-11 12:51                                                 ` Crypto Update for 3.19 Herbert Xu
2014-12-12 11:54                                                   ` Herbert Xu
2015-02-14  9:43                                                   ` Crypto Update for 3.20 Herbert Xu
2015-04-15  3:39                                                     ` Crypto Update for 4.1 Herbert Xu
2015-04-16  1:58                                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2015-04-16  2:37                                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2015-04-16  2:38                                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2015-04-16  2:42                                                             ` Herbert Xu
2015-04-16  2:49                                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2015-04-16  3:07                                                                 ` Herbert Xu
2015-04-16  3:34                                                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2015-04-23 19:27                                                                     ` Bobby Powers
2015-04-23 20:10                                                                       ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-04-23 21:35                                                                         ` Bobby Powers
2015-04-24  6:37                                                                           ` [PATCH] crypto: x86/sha512_ssse3 - fixup for asm function prototype change Ard Biesheuvel
2015-04-24 12:20                                                                             ` Herbert Xu
2015-06-22  8:44                                                       ` Crypto Update for 4.2 Herbert Xu
2015-06-23  4:26                                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2015-06-23  4:32                                                           ` Herbert Xu
2015-06-24  2:11                                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2015-06-24 13:29                                                           ` Herbert Xu
2015-08-31 13:56                                                         ` Crypto Update for 4.3 Herbert Xu
2015-11-02  8:04                                                           ` Crypto Update for 4.4 Herbert Xu
2016-01-11 10:14                                                             ` Crypto Update for 4.5 Herbert Xu
2016-01-22 10:18                                                               ` Crypto Fixes " Herbert Xu
2016-02-01  8:31                                                                 ` Herbert Xu
2016-02-09 17:54                                                                 ` Herbert Xu
2016-03-23 13:09                                                                 ` Crypto Fixes for 4.6 Herbert Xu
2016-03-30  9:11                                                                 ` Herbert Xu
2016-04-14  6:25                                                                   ` Herbert Xu
2016-04-25 11:12                                                                     ` Herbert Xu
2016-04-20  9:49                                                                   ` Herbert Xu
2016-05-09  8:46                                                                   ` Herbert Xu
2016-05-13  5:59                                                                 ` Herbert Xu
2016-05-20  8:41                                                                   ` Crypto Fixes for 4.7 Herbert Xu
2016-05-30  6:31                                                                     ` Herbert Xu
2016-06-27  6:28                                                                     ` Herbert Xu
2016-08-16  8:48                                                                       ` Crypto Fixes for 4.8 Herbert Xu
2016-07-22  3:39                                                                     ` Crypto Fixes for 4.7 Herbert Xu
2016-07-23  3:10                                                                       ` Herbert Xu
2016-08-01  9:58                                                                 ` Crypto Fixes for 4.8 Herbert Xu
2016-08-23  9:51                                                                   ` Herbert Xu
2016-08-31 14:19                                                                     ` Herbert Xu
2016-09-05  9:33                                                                   ` Herbert Xu
2016-09-13 10:35                                                                     ` Herbert Xu
2016-09-19 11:21                                                                     ` Herbert Xu
2016-09-23 14:48                                                                     ` Herbert Xu
2016-10-25  2:34                                                                   ` Crypto Fixes for 4.9 Herbert Xu
2016-03-15  7:20                                                               ` Crypto Update for 4.6 Herbert Xu
2016-05-16  7:16                                                                 ` Crypto Update for 4.7 Herbert Xu
2016-07-25 10:53                                                                   ` Crypto Update for 4.8 Herbert Xu
2016-10-10  3:34                                                                     ` Crypto Update for 4.9 Herbert Xu
2015-06-26 10:22                                                     ` Crypto Fixes for 4.2 Herbert Xu
2015-06-26 20:07                                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2015-06-27  6:56                                                         ` Herbert Xu
2015-06-27 16:40                                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2015-06-29  7:32                                                             ` Herbert Xu
2015-06-30 13:51                                                       ` Herbert Xu
2015-07-13  4:08                                                         ` Herbert Xu
2015-08-03  7:16                                                           ` Herbert Xu
2015-08-17  8:27                                                             ` Herbert Xu
2015-09-08  9:25                                                       ` Crypto Fixes for 4.3 Herbert Xu
2015-09-16 10:30                                                         ` Herbert Xu
2015-09-26 20:01                                                           ` Herbert Xu
2015-10-13 12:17                                                             ` Herbert Xu
2015-10-13 17:23                                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2015-10-14  1:03                                                                 ` Herbert Xu
2015-10-14  2:00                                                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2015-10-14  2:38                                                                     ` Herbert Xu
2015-10-26 11:02                                                         ` Herbert Xu
2015-11-11  7:08                                                           ` Crypto Fixes for 4.4 Herbert Xu
2015-11-17  9:41                                                             ` Herbert Xu
2015-12-05  1:04                                                             ` Herbert Xu
2015-12-14  9:29                                                               ` Herbert Xu
2015-12-28 13:26                                                             ` Herbert Xu

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