Re: [PATCH 1/9] crypto: add zbufsize() interface

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Tue Dec 07 2021 - 01:28:22 EST


On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 10:24:47PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>
> That is what I am confused about: why can't it be a part of API? Users
> that are running in atomic contexts would not be able to use it, but we
> have a lot of precedents for it. See for example spi_sync() vs
> spi_async(). Callers have a choice as to which one to use, based on
> their needs.

We already have a helper in the form of crypto_wait_req. If you
have any suggestions of making this easier to use then I'm more than
happy to consider them.

Thanks,
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