Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] crypto: introduce crypto_acomp_get_alg_flags to expose algorithm flags

[Barry Song]

On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 6:09 PM Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 06:05:16PM +1300, Barry Song wrote:
> >
> > So it could be something like:
> > if data is short, acomp driver works by polling; if data is
> > long, acomp driver works by sleeping and waiting.
>
> This sort of logic is specific to each piece of hardware and
> should go into the driver.
>
> There is no reason why an async driver cannot return synchronously.
> The API fully supports this mode of operation.

Nice to know! Thanks for clarification.

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Thanks
Barry