> On 26 Jul 2017, at 00:36, Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabi...@intel.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Ard,
>
>> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 04:42:38PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> +static int crypto_scomp_init_tfm(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
>> +{
>> + int ret;
>> +
>> + mutex_lock(&scomp_lock);
>> + ret = crypto_scomp_alloc_all_scratches();
>> + mutex_unlock(&scomp_lock);
>> +
>> + return ret;
>> +}
> If you allocate the scratch buffers at init_tfm, don't you end
> up with a situation where if you allocate two tfms of the same algo
> then you get twice the number of scratches?
> If that is the case, we should implement a reference count
> mechanism.
> Am I missing something?
>
Isn't the mutex supposed to take care of that?
