cvs commit: src/sys/opencrypto crypto.c cryptodev.h
Pawel Jakub Dawidek
pjd at FreeBSD.org
Wed May 17 11:19:02 PDT 2006
On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 06:12:44PM +0000, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
+> pjd 2006-05-17 18:12:44 UTC
+>
+> FreeBSD src repository
+>
+> Modified files:
+> sys/opencrypto crypto.c cryptodev.h
+> Log:
+> - Make opencrypto more SMP friendly by dropping the queue lock around
+> crypto_invoke(). This allows to serve multiple crypto requests in
+> parallel and not bached requests are served lock-less.
+> Drivers should not depend on the queue lock beeing held around
+> crypto_invoke() and if they do, that's an error in the driver - it
+> should do its own synchronization.
+> - Don't forget to wakeup the crypto thread when new requests is
+> queued and only if both symmetric and asymmetric queues are empty.
+> - Symmetric requests use sessions and there is no way driver can
+> disappear when there is an active session, so we don't need to check
+> this, but assert this. This is also safe to not use the driver lock
+> in this case.
+> - Assymetric requests don't use sessions, so don't check the driver
+> in crypto_kinvoke().
+> - Protect assymetric operation with the driver lock, because if there
+> is no symmetric session, driver can disappear.
+> - Don't send assymetric request to the driver if it is marked as
+> blocked.
+> - Add an XXX comment, because I don't think migration to another driver
+> is safe when there are pending requests using freed session.
+> - Remove 'hint' argument from crypto_kinvoke(), as it serves no purpose.
+> - Don't hold the driver lock around kprocess method call, instead use
+> cc_koperations to track number of in-progress requests.
+> - Cleanup register/unregister code a bit.
+> - Other small simplifications and cleanups.
+>
+> Reviewed by: sam
Forgot to add:
Tested on: hifn(4), ubsec(4), cryptosoft
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