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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/crypto/iaa/iaa-crypto.rst | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto_main.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/crypto/iaa/iaa-crypto.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/crypto/iaa/iaa-crypto.rst index bba40158dd5c..8e50b900d51c 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/crypto/iaa/iaa-crypto.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/crypto/iaa/iaa-crypto.rst @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ The available attributes are: echo async_irq > /sys/bus/dsa/drivers/crypto/sync_mode Async mode without interrupts (caller must poll) can be enabled by - writing 'async' to it:: + writing 'async' to it (please see Caveat):: echo async > /sys/bus/dsa/drivers/crypto/sync_mode @@ -283,6 +283,13 @@ The available attributes are: The default mode is 'sync'. + Caveat: since the only mechanism that iaa_crypto currently implements + for async polling without interrupts is via the 'sync' mode as + described earlier, writing 'async' to + '/sys/bus/dsa/drivers/crypto/sync_mode' will internally enable the + 'sync' mode. This is to ensure correct iaa_crypto behavior until true + async polling without interrupts is enabled in iaa_crypto. + .. _iaa_default_config: IAA Default Configuration diff --git a/drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto_main.c b/drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto_main.c index 9e557649e5d0..c3776b0de51d 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto_main.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto_main.c @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static int set_iaa_sync_mode(const char *name) async_mode = false; use_irq = false; } else if (sysfs_streq(name, "async")) { - async_mode = true; + async_mode = false; use_irq = false; } else if (sysfs_streq(name, "async_irq")) { async_mode = true; |