On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 01:10:38AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> > +{
> > + struct cryptd_cpu_queue *cpu_queue;
> > + struct crypto_async_request *req, *backlog;
> > +
> > + cpu_queue = container_of(work, struct cryptd_cpu_queue, work);
> > + /* Only handle one request at a time to avoid hogging crypto
> > + * workqueue */
>
> Not sure what that means.
It looks like this was copied from chainiv which put the work
in eventd, which is obviously no longer the case here.
> > + if (!req)
> > + goto out;
> > +
> > + if (backlog)
> > + backlog->complete(backlog, -EINPROGRESS);
> > + req->complete(req, 0);
> > +out:
> > + if (cpu_queue->queue.qlen)
> > + queue_work(kcrypto_wq, &cpu_queue->work);
>
> Again, unclear and needs commentary.
>
> If we come here via the `goto out;' path above, this CPU queue has no
> more work do do, I think? If so, why does it requeue itself?
This looks like another vestige from chainiv.
Thanks,
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