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

[Jason A. Donenfeld]

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 4:14 PM Elliott, Robert (Servers)
<elliott@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > -----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.

Thanks. Please take into account my review feedback this time for your
next series.

Jason