Re: [PATCH] AMCC Crypto4xx Device Driver v4]

[Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@freescale.com>]

On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:55:07 -0800
James Hsiao <jhsiao@amcc.com> wrote:

> >> +     /* figure how many gd is needed */
> >> +     if (aad_len) {
> >> +             num_gd = get_sg_count(assoc, aad_len) +
> >> +                     get_sg_count(src, datalen);
> 
> > this is dead code - aad_len is never non-zero - is there some code
> > missing from crypto4xx_alg.c?  Also, IIRC, assoc is a superset of src,
> > so I believe something like num_gd = get_sg_count(assoc, aad_len +
> > datalen) would work better - this should also permit removal of the
> > nbytes reached check in [1] in get_sg_count.
> 
> For the get num_gd, assoc and src are two different scatter_lists. One
> for the packet and one for the aad, so, it makes more sense to me to
> count them seperately. Yes?

ok I looked it up - they are disjoint sg lists, so, yes, you're right.

> The way to driver pass aad and aad_len is from crypto4xx_build_pd. 
> This aad support will be used in the future. Do you want me to remover
> from the current release?  The reason I have it in, is to avoid too much
> code change for the future release.

removing it would definitely make both this and any forthcoming aead
patches more on topic and thus easier to review (plus I suspect adding
unused code to the kernel is generally frowned upon...)

Kim