2020-02-14 01:26:15

by Iuliana Prodan

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] crypto: engine - support for parallel requests

On 2/13/2020 8:18 AM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 02:36:13PM +0200, Iuliana Prodan wrote:
>>
>> +start_request:
>> + /* If hardware is busy, do not send any request */
>> + if (engine->can_enqueue_more) {
>> + if (!engine->can_enqueue_more(engine))
>> + goto out;
>
> Instead of a driver callback I'd rather the driver called into
> the engine telling it to stop/start, similar to how net drivers
> work.
>

Given your suggestion, I?m thinking of implementing do_one_request, in
the driver, to return -IN_PROGRESS if the hw can enqueue more and -EBUSY
if otherwise (solution 1). But, this implies to update all the drivers
that use crypto-engine (something I wouldn?t mind doing, but I don?t
have the hw to test it).

My current proposal keeps the backward compatibility of crypto-engine,
so no need to change the other drivers. If they want to use multiple
requests or batch requests, they can implement can_enqueue_more,
respective do_batch_requests (solution 2).

Please, let me know how do you want me to proceed? Solution 1 or
solution 2, or? maybe I?ve missed something?

Thanks,
Iulia