RE: [virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH v2 02/15] crypto: introduce crypto queue handler

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Gonglei (Arei) <>
Date
2016-09-14T01:07:56+00:00
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RE: [virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH v2 02/15] crypto: introduce crypto queue handler
Hi Ola,



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ola Liljedahl [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 7:53 PM
> To: Paolo Bonzini; Daniel P. Berrange; Gonglei (Arei)
> Cc: ; ; Huangpeng
> (Peter); Luonengjun; ; ; Huangweidong
> (C); ; ; ; Claudio
> Fontana; ; 
> Subject: Re: [virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH v2 02/15] crypto: introduce crypto queue
> handler
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 13/09/2016, 12:58, " on behalf of Paolo
> Bonzini" < on behalf of
> > wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >On 13/09/2016 11:20, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> >>> > +typedef struct CryptoPacket CryptoPacket;
> >>> > +typedef struct CryptoQueue CryptoQueue;
> >>> > +typedef struct CryptoPacketBuf CryptoPacketBuf;
> >>> > +
> >>> > +typedef void (CryptoPacketSent) (CryptoClientState *, int);
> >> As previously, I'd expect naming of
> >>
> >>  QCryptoCryptodevPacket
> >>  QCryptoCryptodevPacketBuf
> >>  QCryptoCryptodevQueue
> >>
> >
> >Gonglei,
> >
> >you are copying a lot of code from network backends.
> >
> >I am not sure why you would need a queue for virtio-crypto rather than a
> >direct connection between frontend and backend (and the backend would be
> >QEMU crypto APIs, like Daniel suggested).
>
> What about backends implemented directly in HW? Bypass the middle man.
> Make crypto offload meaningful for small size blocks.
> 
As I said in other reply, I only provide interfaces, you can realize them according
to different backend cryptodevs.

Regards,
-Gonglei

> < Ola
> 
> >
> >Paolo
> >
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