Re: [PATCH 01/12] crypto: add helper function for akcipher_request

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Fri Nov 22 2019 - 04:08:27 EST


On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 12:30:34AM +0200, Iuliana Prodan wrote:
>
> diff --git a/include/crypto/akcipher.h b/include/crypto/akcipher.h
> index 6924b09..4365edd 100644
> --- a/include/crypto/akcipher.h
> +++ b/include/crypto/akcipher.h
> @@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ static inline struct crypto_akcipher *crypto_akcipher_reqtfm(
> return __crypto_akcipher_tfm(req->base.tfm);
> }
>
> +static inline struct akcipher_request *akcipher_request_cast(
> + struct crypto_async_request *req)
> +{
> + return container_of(req, struct akcipher_request, base);
> +}

This should go into include/crypto/internal/akcipher.h as it's
only used by implementors.

But having reviewed the subsequent patches I think we shouldn't
have this function at all.

Cheers,
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