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From: James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au>
To: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>,
	Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, <davem@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional?
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 09:35:24 +1000 (EST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Mutt.LNX.4.44.0308160927070.30515-100000@excalibur.intercode.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030815221211.GA4306@think>

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Theodore Ts'o wrote:

> > d) not disable preemption for long stretches while hashing (a
> >    limitation of cryptoapi)
> 
> Sounds like a bug in CryptoAPI that should be fixed in CryptoAPI.

This is for the case of hashing from a per cpu context, which is an
inherently unsafe context for introducing schedule points.  This is not
a crypto API specific problem.


- James
-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@intercode.com.au>


  reply	other threads:[~2003-08-15 23:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 120+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-09  7:44 [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional? Matt Mackall
2003-08-09  8:04 ` David S. Miller
2003-08-09 14:05   ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-09 17:39     ` David S. Miller
2003-08-09 19:46       ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-09 20:17         ` David S. Miller
2003-08-10  8:15           ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-10  8:32             ` virt_to_offset() (Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional?) YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10  8:30               ` David S. Miller
2003-08-10  9:02                 ` virt_to_offset() YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-11 18:21                   ` virt_to_offset() David Mosberger
2003-08-12  2:46                     ` virt_to_offset() David S. Miller
2003-08-10  9:05                 ` virt_to_offset() (Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional?) Matt Mackall
2003-08-10  9:04                   ` David S. Miller
2003-08-10 11:00                     ` [PATCH 1/9] introduce virt_to_pagoff() YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 11:00                     ` [PATCH 2/9] convert crypto to virt_to_pageoff() YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 11:05                     ` [PATCH 3/9] convert net " YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 11:07                     ` [PATCH 4/9] convert drivers/block " YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 11:09                     ` [PATCH 5/9] convert drivers/ide " YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 11:10                     ` [PATCH 6/9] convert drivers/net " YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 11:10                     ` [PATCH 7/9] convert drivers/scsi " YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 11:31                       ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-08-10 11:51                         ` David S. Miller
2003-08-10 12:03                           ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 14:54                             ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-08-10 14:51                           ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-08-10 13:54                         ` Russell King
2003-08-10 13:55                         ` Russell King
2003-08-10 14:55                           ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-08-11  5:21                           ` David S. Miller
2003-08-10 11:10                     ` [PATCH 8/9] convert drivers/usb " YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-10 11:10                     ` [PATCH 9/9] convert fs/jbd " YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-08-11  2:15             ` [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional? Jamie Lokier
2003-08-11  2:38               ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-11  4:54               ` David S. Miller
2003-08-11  5:17                 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-13  5:01                 ` [Numbers][PATCH] " Matt Mackall
2003-08-10 14:46           ` [RFC][PATCH] " James Morris
2003-08-09 14:33 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-09 17:13   ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-09 17:33     ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-10 13:18       ` James Morris
2003-08-10 17:45         ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-11  2:09           ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-11  2:35             ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-11  4:59               ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-11  5:04                 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-11  5:20                   ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-11  5:54                     ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-11  6:24                       ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-11  4:58             ` David Wagner
2003-08-11  5:36               ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-11 19:21                 ` David Wagner
2003-08-13 19:37                   ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-13  3:52             ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-08-13 15:44               ` i810_rng.o on various Dell models Jim Carter
2003-08-13 16:15                 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-08-13 18:43                   ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-13 18:36               ` [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional? Jamie Lokier
2003-08-15  0:16                 ` Network Card Entropy? was: " Mike Fedyk
2003-08-15  0:22                   ` Robert Love
2003-08-13  3:20           ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-08-13  4:06             ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-14 16:53               ` Val Henson
2003-08-14 19:40                 ` David Wagner
2003-08-14 20:07                   ` Chris Friesen
2003-08-14 21:36                   ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-15  0:25                     ` Val Henson
2003-08-15 11:47                       ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-15  0:17                   ` Val Henson
2003-08-15  1:45                     ` David Wagner
2003-08-15  2:21                       ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-15  7:30                     ` Andries Brouwer
2003-08-15  7:40                       ` David S. Miller
2003-08-15  7:55                         ` Andries Brouwer
2003-08-15  8:06                           ` Måns Rullgård
2003-08-15  8:11                             ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-15 15:11                             ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-15 22:16                               ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-15 20:22                           ` Val Henson
2003-08-16  6:27                             ` David Wagner
2003-08-18  4:25                               ` Val Henson
2003-08-15  8:09                         ` Nick Piggin
2003-08-15 15:03                       ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-15 17:04                         ` Andries Brouwer
2003-08-15 22:05                           ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-15 22:02                         ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-15 12:48                     ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-15 22:34                     ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-08-15 22:12               ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-08-15 23:35                 ` James Morris [this message]
2003-08-16 15:51                   ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-17 14:37                     ` James Morris
2003-08-17 15:30                       ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-15 23:55                 ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-16  0:05                   ` Andrew Morton
2003-08-16  0:58                     ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-16  4:57                       ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-16  4:38                     ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-16  5:03                       ` Andrew Morton
2003-08-16  5:39                         ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-18  6:43                       ` Andreas Dilger
2003-08-18  6:55                         ` David Lang
2003-08-18 11:59                           ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-18 12:11                             ` Måns Rullgård
2003-08-18 13:33                               ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-18 17:03                             ` David Lang
2003-08-18 17:51                               ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-22  4:28                           ` David Wagner
2003-08-25  4:29                             ` Jamie Lokier
2003-08-18 15:20                         ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-18  3:23                   ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-08-18 15:46                     ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-10  2:07   ` Robert Love
2003-08-10  3:14     ` Matt Mackall
2003-08-10  3:49       ` David S. Miller
2003-08-10  4:01         ` Robert Love
2003-08-10  4:07           ` Robert Love
2003-08-16 20:40 Adam J. Richter
2003-08-17  4:28 ` Matt Mackall

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