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From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] net/crypto: Introduce crypto_pool
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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,
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Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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