RE: [PATCH v4 00/24] crypto: fix RCU stalls

[Elliott, Robert (Servers)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 9:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/24] crypto: fix RCU stalls
> 
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 10:13:18PM -0600, Robert Elliott wrote:
...
> > These problems have always been lurking, but improving the
> > loading of the x86/sha512 module led to it happening a lot
> > during boot when using SHA-512 for module signature checking.
> 
> Can we split this series up please? The fixes to the stalls should
> stand separately from the changes to how modules are loaded.  The
> latter is more of an improvement while the former should be applied
> ASAP.

Yes. With the v4 patch numbers:
[PATCH v4 01/24] crypto: tcrypt - test crc32
[PATCH v4 02/24] crypto: tcrypt - test nhpoly1305

Those ensure the changes to those hash modules are testable.

[PATCH v4 03/24] crypto: tcrypt - reschedule during cycles speed

That's only for tcrypt so not urgent for users, but pretty
simple.

[PATCH v4 04/24] crypto: x86/sha - limit FPU preemption
[PATCH v4 05/24] crypto: x86/crc - limit FPU preemption
[PATCH v4 06/24] crypto: x86/sm3 - limit FPU preemption
[PATCH v4 07/24] crypto: x86/ghash - use u8 rather than char
[PATCH v4 08/24] crypto: x86/ghash - restructure FPU context saving
[PATCH v4 09/24] crypto: x86/ghash - limit FPU preemption
[PATCH v4 10/24] crypto: x86/poly - limit FPU preemption
[PATCH v4 11/24] crypto: x86/aegis - limit FPU preemption
[PATCH v4 12/24] crypto: x86/sha - register all variations
[PATCH v4 13/24] crypto: x86/sha - minimize time in FPU context

That's the end of the fixes set.

[PATCH v4 14/24] crypto: x86/sha - load based on CPU features
[PATCH v4 15/24] crypto: x86/crc - load based on CPU features
[PATCH v4 16/24] crypto: x86/sm3 - load based on CPU features
[PATCH v4 17/24] crypto: x86/poly - load based on CPU features
[PATCH v4 18/24] crypto: x86/ghash - load based on CPU features
[PATCH v4 19/24] crypto: x86/aesni - avoid type conversions
[PATCH v4 20/24] crypto: x86/ciphers - load based on CPU features
[PATCH v4 21/24] crypto: x86 - report used CPU features via module
[PATCH v4 22/24] crypto: x86 - report missing CPU features via module
[PATCH v4 23/24] crypto: x86 - report suboptimal CPUs via module
[PATCH v4 24/24] crypto: x86 - standardize module descriptions

I'll put those in a new series.

For 6.1, I still suggest reverting aa031b8f702e ("crypto: x86/sha512 -
load based on CPU features) since that exposed the problem. Target
the fixes for 6.2 and module loading for 6.2 or 6.3.