Re: [PATCH 0/9] lib/crypto: arm64: Remove obsolete chunking logic

Eric Biggers
2026-04-02T23:12:13Z

On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 05:05:39PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> Since commit aefbab8e77eb ("arm64: fpsimd: Preserve/restore kernel mode
> NEON at context switch"), kernel-mode NEON sections have been
> preemptible on arm64. And since commit 7dadeaa6e851 ("sched: Further
> restrict the preemption modes"), voluntary preemption is no longer
> supported on arm64 either. Therefore, there's no longer any need to
> limit the length of kernel-mode NEON sections on arm64.
>
> This series simplifies the code in lib/crypto/arm64/ accordingly by
> using longer kernel-mode NEON sections instead of multiple shorter ones.
>
> This series is targeting libcrypto-next.

Applied to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/linux.git/log/?h=libcrypto-next

- Eric