From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Qingsong Chen <changxian.cqs@antgroup.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, 田洪亮 <tate.thl@antgroup.com>,
"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>,
"Wedson Almeida Filho" <wedsonaf@gmail.com>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <benno.lossin@proton.me>,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] Rust scatterlist abstractions
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2023 17:35:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023061001-immovable-mongoose-7546@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2023061017-usable-bountiful-3f59@gregkh>
On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 05:33:47PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 06:49:06PM +0800, Qingsong Chen wrote:
> > Hi All!
> >
> > This is a version of scatterlist abstractions for Rust drivers.
> >
> > Scatterlist is used for efficient management of memory buffers, which is
> > essential for many kernel-level operations such as Direct Memory Access
> > (DMA) transfers and crypto APIs.
> >
> > This patch should be a good start to introduce the crypto APIs for Rust
> > drivers and to develop cipher algorithms in Rust later.
>
> I thought we were getting rid of the scatter list api for the crypto
> drivers, so this shouldn't be needed going forward, right? Why not just
> use the direct apis instead?
See https://lore.kernel.org/r/ZH2hgrV6po9dkxi+@gondor.apana.org.au for
the details of that (sorry I forgot the link first time...)
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-10 15:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-10 10:49 [PATCH v3 0/3] Rust scatterlist abstractions Qingsong Chen
2023-06-10 10:49 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] rust: kernel: add ScatterList abstraction Qingsong Chen
2023-06-12 15:08 ` Martin Rodriguez Reboredo
2023-06-10 10:49 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] rust: kernel: implement iterators for ScatterList Qingsong Chen
2023-06-12 15:10 ` Martin Rodriguez Reboredo
2023-06-10 10:49 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] rust: kernel: add SgTable abstraction Qingsong Chen
2023-06-12 16:13 ` Martin Rodriguez Reboredo
2023-06-10 15:33 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Rust scatterlist abstractions Greg KH
2023-06-10 15:35 ` Greg KH [this message]
2023-06-12 3:49 ` Qingsong Chen
2023-06-12 5:38 ` Greg KH
2023-06-12 7:03 ` Qingsong Chen
2023-06-12 7:12 ` Greg KH
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