Re: [PATCH 1/2] crypto: pcrypt - Remove pcrypt
Simon Richter <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:30:47 +0900
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-crypto,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev |
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Hi,
On 7/23/26 4:40 AM, Eric Biggers wrote:
> So while maybe pcrypt does still help a bit on this platform for now,
> the approach does seem quite dated and largely a workaround for
> inefficiencies elsewhere in the stack (including systems where the
> optimized crypto code is accidentally not enabled).
There is one additional aspect: offloading frees the CPU to do something
else -- and that is where even offload engines that are slower than the
CPU can still be beneficial in the big picture.
Simon