Re: [PATCH v5 02/14] crypto: hash: use DM providers from hash command

On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 03:41:50PM -0400, James Hilliard wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 7:24 PM Tom Rini <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 19, 2026 at 10:13:46PM -0600, James Hilliard wrote:
> > > The hash command currently always uses the software implementation for
> > > the selected algorithm, even when driver-model hash providers are
> > > available.
> > >
> > > Add a hash_digest_wd_lookup() helper which probes UCLASS_HASH devices in
> > > order and uses the first provider supporting the requested algorithm.
> > > Continue past unavailable providers and unsupported operations, but
> > > propagate a hard digest failure once a provider accepts the operation.
> > > Remember probe failures so they are not silently hidden by software
> > > fallback when no later provider succeeds.
> > >
> > > Use the helper from the hash command and retain its software fallback
> > > when no usable provider is present. Add sandbox tests covering provider
> > > fallback and hard-error propagation.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: James Hilliard <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > > Changes v3 -> v4:
> > >   - New patch
> > >   - Try all registered hash providers instead of only device zero
> > >   - Add provider-selection and error-propagation tests
> > >   - Reserve -EINVAL for hard errors
> > >   - Use -EOPNOTSUPP for unsupported algorithms
> >
> > Putting new features in an unrelated patch series makes things harder to
> > merge. I don't know that Andre will be comfortable taking some generic
> > changes + sunxi support, but he might be. But it's even easier when
> > something like this is standalone and can be reviewed and picked up on
> > its own (I'm going to have some size questions about this, once I review
> > it globally..).
> 
> Maybe it makes sense to merge all my patches prior to the sunxi specific
> ones first? That way I can rebase my series and shrink the patchset
> substantially for the remaining sunxi ce driver patches for Andre.

Yes. And it's fine to note in the cover letter than series B depends on
series A, so that it can be reviewed, and then picked up in time more
easily.

-- 
Tom