[EXTERNAL] Re: [v6 1/5] vhost: skip crypto op fetch before vring init

[Maxime Coquelin]

Hi Gowri,

On 2/28/25 2:59 PM, Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan wrote:
> Hi Maxime,
> 
>>
>> Before your series arrived, we were wondering if we should not deprecate Vhost
>> crypto as it was not really maintained and we had no identified user.
>>
>> Since it seems you are going to use it, which is great, would you commit to make
>> the necessary changes to make it reliable? If yes, I would agree to take your v8 as
>> is for v25.03 if proper rework is done for v25.07, would that work for you?
>>
> I have sent v9 to include one additional patch to fix vhost_crypto_process_one_req()
> thread safety attribute. Please consider it.

Thanks! I will check it as soon as possible.

> Yes, if any other changes are required, we can assist going forward. We also believe
> this software backend needs to be reliable and hence can help test required virtio
> functionalities.

That's great news.

Best regards,
Maxime

> Thanks,
> Gowrishankar
> 
> Regards,
> Gowrishankar
> 
>> Maxime
>