Re: [PATCH 01/04] Adding cipher mode context information to crypto_tfm

[James Morris]

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote:

> > You can't call kmap() in softirq context (why was it even trying?):
> 
> Why not? What's the alternative, then?

It can sleep in map_new_virtual().

The alternative is to use atomic kmaps.  For this code, unless you can 
point to something concrete in the existing kernel which would benefit 
from passing an arbitrary number of scatterlists in, just code for the 
case of processing two at once (input & output).


- James
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James Morris
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