Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272329AbTHOXgA (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Aug 2003 19:36:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272337AbTHOXgA (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Aug 2003 19:36:00 -0400 Received: from blackbird.intercode.com.au ([203.32.101.10]:22029 "EHLO blackbird.intercode.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272329AbTHOXf7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Aug 2003 19:35:59 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 09:35:24 +1000 (EST) From: James Morris To: "Theodore Ts'o" cc: Matt Mackall , Jamie Lokier , linux-kernel , Andrew Morton , Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make cryptoapi non-optional? In-Reply-To: <20030815221211.GA4306@think> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 683 Lines: 22 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/