On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 at 13:21, Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 12:51:42PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > Are shashes only callable in task or softirq context? > > The entire Crypto API is designed on the premise that it can only > be called from process and softirq context. Hard IRQ context has > never been supported. > > Of course, that doesn't mean that we actively deter people from > doing so. If you're aware of anyone doing this, please let me > konw and I will look into it. > I think it's probably fine, I was just curious. So this patch seems reasonable, yes - good riddance.
