Re: [PATCH v3 10/10] crypto: qat - re-enable registration of algorithms

On Mon, May 09, 2022 at 02:34:17PM +0100, Giovanni Cabiddu wrote:

Re-enable the registration of algorithms after fixes to (1) use pre-allocated buffers in the datapath and (2) support the CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG flag.

This reverts commit 8893d27ffcaf6ec6267038a177cb87bcde4dd3de.

Then why not just have this be a "normal" revert commit?

And why is this ok for stable kernels? This feels like a new feature (i.e. the code finally works.) Why not just have users who want to use this use a newer kernel? What bugfix does this resolve in older kernels (and "the driver did not work" is not really a good reason.)

thanks,

greg k-h