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Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:36:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:36:27 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: pcrypt - Remove pcrypt To: Eric Biggers , linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, Herbert Xu Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Steffen Klassert References: <20260713032600.44355-1-ebiggers@kernel.org> Content-Language: en-US From: Thomas Huth Autocrypt: addr=thuth@redhat.com; keydata= xsFNBFH7eUwBEACzyOXKU+5Pcs6wNpKzrlJwzRl3VGZt95VCdb+FgoU9g11m7FWcOafrVRwU yYkTm9+7zBUc0sW5AuPGR/dp3pSLX/yFWsA/UB4nJsHqgDvDU7BImSeiTrnpMOTXb7Arw2a2 4CflIyFqjCpfDM4MuTmzTjXq4Uov1giGE9X6viNo1pxyEpd7PanlKNnf4PqEQp06X4IgUacW tSGj6Gcns1bCuHV8OPWLkf4hkRnu8hdL6i60Yxz4E6TqlrpxsfYwLXgEeswPHOA6Mn4Cso9O 0lewVYfFfsmokfAVMKWzOl1Sr0KGI5T9CpmRfAiSHpthhHWnECcJFwl72NTi6kUcUzG4se81 O6n9d/kTj7pzTmBdfwuOZ0YUSqcqs0W+l1NcASSYZQaDoD3/SLk+nqVeCBB4OnYOGhgmIHNW 0CwMRO/GK+20alxzk//V9GmIM2ACElbfF8+Uug3pqiHkVnKqM7W9/S1NH2qmxB6zMiJUHlTH gnVeZX0dgH27mzstcF786uPcdEqS0KJuxh2kk5IvUSL3Qn3ZgmgdxBMyCPciD/1cb7/Ahazr 3ThHQXSHXkH/aDXdfLsKVuwDzHLVSkdSnZdt5HHh75/NFHxwaTlydgfHmFFwodK8y/TjyiGZ zg2Kje38xnz8zKn9iesFBCcONXS7txENTzX0z80WKBhK+XSFJwARAQABzR5UaG9tYXMgSHV0 aCA8dGh1dGhAcmVkaGF0LmNvbT7CwXgEEwECACIFAlVgX6oCGwMGCwkIBwMCBhUIAgkKCwQW AgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEC7Z13T+cC21EbIP/ii9cvT2HHGbFRl8HqGT6+7Wkb+XLMqJBMAIGiQK QIP3xk1HPTsLfVG0ao4hy/oYkGNOP8+ubLnZen6Yq3zAFiMhQ44lvgigDYJo3Ve59gfe99KX EbtB+X95ODARkq0McR6OAsPNJ7gpEUzfkQUUJTXRDQXfG/FX303Gvk+YU0spm2tsIKPl6AmV 1CegDljzjycyfJbk418MQmMu2T82kjrkEofUO2a24ed3VGC0/Uz//XCR2ZTo+vBoBUQl41BD eFFtoCSrzo3yPFS+w5fkH9NT8ChdpSlbNS32NhYQhJtr9zjWyFRf0Zk+T/1P7ECn6gTEkp5k ofFIA4MFBc/fXbaDRtBmPB0N9pqTFApIUI4vuFPPO0JDrII9dLwZ6lO9EKiwuVlvr1wwzsgq zJTPBU3qHaUO4d/8G+gD7AL/6T4zi8Jo/GmjBsnYaTzbm94lf0CjXjsOX3seMhaE6WAZOQQG tZHAO1kAPWpaxne+wtgMKthyPLNwelLf+xzGvrIKvLX6QuLoWMnWldu22z2ICVnLQChlR9d6 WW8QFEpo/FK7omuS8KvvopFcOOdlbFMM8Y/8vBgVMSsK6fsYUhruny/PahprPbYGiNIhKqz7 UvgyZVl4pBFjTaz/SbimTk210vIlkDyy1WuS8Zsn0htv4+jQPgo9rqFE4mipJjy/iboDzsFN BFH7eUwBEAC2nzfUeeI8dv0C4qrfCPze6NkryUflEut9WwHhfXCLjtvCjnoGqFelH/PE9NF4 4VPSCdvD1SSmFVzu6T9qWdcwMSaC+e7G/z0/AhBfqTeosAF5XvKQlAb9ZPkdDr7YN0a1XDfa +NgA+JZB4ROyBZFFAwNHT+HCnyzy0v9Sh3BgJJwfpXHH2l3LfncvV8rgFv0bvdr70U+On2XH 5bApOyW1WpIG5KPJlDdzcQTyptOJ1dnEHfwnABEfzI3dNf63rlxsGouX/NFRRRNqkdClQR3K gCwciaXfZ7ir7fF0u1N2UuLsWA8Ei1JrNypk+MRxhbvdQC4tyZCZ8mVDk+QOK6pyK2f4rMf/ WmqxNTtAVmNuZIwnJdjRMMSs4W4w6N/bRvpqtykSqx7VXcgqtv6eqoDZrNuhGbekQA0sAnCJ VPArerAZGArm63o39me/bRUQeQVSxEBmg66yshF9HkcUPGVeC4B0TPwz+HFcVhheo6hoJjLq knFOPLRj+0h+ZL+D0GenyqD3CyuyeTT5dGcNU9qT74bdSr20k/CklvI7S9yoQje8BeQAHtdV cvO8XCLrpGuw9SgOS7OP5oI26a0548M4KldAY+kqX6XVphEw3/6U1KTf7WxW5zYLTtadjISB X9xsRWSU+Yqs3C7oN5TIPSoj9tXMoxZkCIHWvnqGwZ7JhwARAQABwsFfBBgBAgAJBQJR+3lM AhsMAAoJEC7Z13T+cC21hPAQAIsBL9MdGpdEpvXs9CYrBkd6tS9mbaSWj6XBDfA1AEdQkBOn ZH1Qt7HJesk+qNSnLv6+jP4VwqK5AFMrKJ6IjE7jqgzGxtcZnvSjeDGPF1h2CKZQPpTw890k fy18AvgFHkVk2Oylyexw3aOBsXg6ukN44vIFqPoc+YSU0+0QIdYJp/XFsgWxnFIMYwDpxSHS 5fdDxUjsk3UBHZx+IhFjs2siVZi5wnHIqM7eK9abr2cK2weInTBwXwqVWjsXZ4tq5+jQrwDK cvxIcwXdUTLGxc4/Z/VRH1PZSvfQxdxMGmNTGaXVNfdFZjm4fz0mz+OUi6AHC4CZpwnsliGV ODqwX8Y1zic9viSTbKS01ZNp175POyWViUk9qisPZB7ypfSIVSEULrL347qY/hm9ahhqmn17 Ng255syASv3ehvX7iwWDfzXbA0/TVaqwa1YIkec+/8miicV0zMP9siRcYQkyTqSzaTFBBmqD oiT+z+/E59qj/EKfyce3sbC9XLjXv3mHMrq1tKX4G7IJGnS989E/fg6crv6NHae9Ckm7+lSs IQu4bBP2GxiRQ+NV3iV/KU3ebMRzqIC//DCOxzQNFNJAKldPe/bKZMCxEqtVoRkuJtNdp/5a yXFZ6TfE1hGKrDBYAm4vrnZ4CXFSBDllL59cFFOJCkn4Xboj/aVxxJxF30bn In-Reply-To: <20260713032600.44355-1-ebiggers@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 13/07/2026 05.26, Eric Biggers wrote: > pcrypt was originally intended to improve IPsec performance. However, > it's no longer useful for that. Reports from the rare cases that anyone > has actually tried to use it over the years indicate that it actually > reduces IPsec performance, e.g.: > > * https://github.com/libreswan/libreswan/wiki/Internals:-Cryptographic-Acceleration#obsoleted-ipsec-accelerations > * https://users.strongswan.narkive.com/liqTaTq8/strongswan-problem-with-pcrypt > * https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/594336/ipsec-multithreading-via-pcrypt-worse-than-single-thread > > It's also undocumented and quite difficult to actually use. Its design > is also broken, in that any unprivileged program can enable pcrypt > systemwide at any time (by instantiating it using AF_ALG). > > Meanwhile, pcrypt has been a regular source of bugs, including at least > four that have received CVEs. > > Let's just remove it. No one seems to care about it anymore other than > people looking for vulnerabilities. > > Cc: Steffen Klassert > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers > --- > > This patch is targeting cryptodev/master > > Documentation/core-api/padata.rst | 6 +- > MAINTAINERS | 7 - > arch/loongarch/configs/loongson32_defconfig | 1 - > arch/loongarch/configs/loongson64_defconfig | 1 - > arch/s390/configs/debug_defconfig | 1 - > arch/s390/configs/defconfig | 1 - > crypto/Kconfig | 10 - > crypto/Makefile | 1 - > crypto/pcrypt.c | 394 -------------------- > include/crypto/pcrypt.h | 39 -- > tools/crypto/tcrypt/tcrypt_speed_compare.py | 7 +- > 11 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 463 deletions(-) > delete mode 100644 crypto/pcrypt.c > delete mode 100644 include/crypto/pcrypt.h Thanks for the patch, I think it's a good idea! > diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/padata.rst b/Documentation/core-api/padata.rst > index 05b73c6c105f..b50df9768a5d 100644 > --- a/Documentation/core-api/padata.rst > +++ b/Documentation/core-api/padata.rst > @@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ processors are allowed to be used as the serialization callback processor. > cpumask specifies the new cpumask to use. > > There may be sysfs files for an instance's cpumasks. For example, pcrypt's > -live in /sys/kernel/pcrypt/. Within an instance's directory > -there are two files, parallel_cpumask and serial_cpumask, and either cpumask > -may be changed by echoing a bitmask into the file, for example:: > +used to live in /sys/kernel/pcrypt/. Within an instance's > +directory there are two files, parallel_cpumask and serial_cpumask, and either > +cpumask may be changed by echoing a bitmask into the file, for example:: > > echo f > /sys/kernel/pcrypt/pencrypt/parallel_cpumask I'd rather not keep examples for a non-existing sysfs entry around. Could you maybe change it to use e.g. /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask instead? Thomas