Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 May 2015 15:30:12 +0800 | From | Herbert Xu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] crypto: allow to assign gfp_t for __crypto_alloc_tfm |
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On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 12:27:40AM -0700, Jaegeuk Kim wrote: > > So, IMHO, it can consume memory too much, since tfm should be allocated for > every inodes and be alive until inode eviction.
Are you sure this is a real problem? Have you actually looked at how much memory it consumes?
> Apart from giving GFP_NOFS, do you mean that it is a wrong approach?
Allocating the tfm and setting a key on the data path is not acceptable.
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