On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 11:05:39AM +0300, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
>
> I guess there is a question if it really is important to know that
> your request ended up
> on the backlog, rather than being handled.I can imagine it can be used
> as back pressure
> indication but I wonder if someone is using
On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 6:43 AM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:22:48AM +0300, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
>>
>> +static inline int crypto_wait_req(int err, struct crypto_wait *wait)
>> +{
>> + switch (err) {
>> + case -EINPROGRESS:
>> + case -EBUSY:
>> + wait_f
On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:22:48AM +0300, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
>
> +static inline int crypto_wait_req(int err, struct crypto_wait *wait)
> +{
> + switch (err) {
> + case -EINPROGRESS:
> + case -EBUSY:
> + wait_for_completion(&wait->completion);
> + reinit_comp
Invoking a possibly async. crypto op and waiting for completion
while correctly handling backlog processing is a common task
in the crypto API implementation and outside users of it.
This patch adds a generic implementation for doing so in
preparation for using it across the board instead of hand
