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From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] crypto: Implement cmac based on cbc skcipher
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On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 03:31:10PM -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
>
> I don't think it has been discussed recently, but mac80211 is already
> a complicated beast, so if this added any significant complexity
> it might not be worth it.

Any bulk data path should be using the async interface, otherwise
performance will seriously suffer should SIMD be unavailable.  I
think someone should look at converting wireless to async like IPsec.

> Truth is though, I know very little about what changes would be
> needed to make it do async decrypt, so maybe it would be a simple
> matter?

IPsec was actually quite straightforward.

Cheers,
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