Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Feb 2005 19:09:44 -0500 (EST) | From | James Morris <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 01/04] Adding cipher mode context information to crypto_tfm |
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote:
> > You can't call kmap() in softirq context (why was it even trying?): > > Why not? What's the alternative, then?
It can sleep in map_new_virtual().
The alternative is to use atomic kmaps. For this code, unless you can point to something concrete in the existing kernel which would benefit from passing an arbitrary number of scatterlists in, just code for the case of processing two at once (input & output).
- James -- James Morris <jmorris@redhat.com>
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