Re: [GIT PULL] Crypto Fixes for 6.1

[Herbert Xu]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 10:00:34AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> I'm surprised that there isn't a cra_ctxalignment field. Instead there
> is crypto_tfm_ctx_alignment(), but that is just an odd way to write
> CRYPTO_MINALIGN.

It's a micro-optimisation to elide the align operaton because
most algorithms don't need it.

I've been meaning to add a helper for it though:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/E1noNhu-00BzV4-4N@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

But I got side tracked by the vacillating DMA discussion.

Cheers,
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