Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 00/12] virtio-crypto: introduce framework and device emulation

[Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>]

On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 02:52:32 +0000
"Gonglei (Arei)" <arei.gonglei@huawei.com> wrote:

> > From: Halil Pasic [mailto:pasic@linux.vnet.ibm.com]
> > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 4:00 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 00/12] virtio-crypto: introduce framework
> > and device emulation
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 10/20/2016 01:45 PM, Gonglei wrote:
> > > The front-end linux kernel driver (Experimental at present) is publicly
> > accessible from:
> > >
> > >    https://github.com/gongleiarei/virtio-crypto-linux-driver.git

> > Unfortunately I encountered a problem already on x86_64, more precisely
> > the guest hangs in virtio_crypto_alg_ablkcipher_init_session after the
> > kick. But before I start explaining in detail let me ask you: what are
> > your plans for the linux kernel driver? I used the most current version
> > from your github, but also tried to look for patches on mailing lists
> > and I have found none. 
> 
> I haven't submit the virtio-crypto driver to the mailing list yet cause
> I wanted to the patches on the QEMU side can be merged firstly,
> and then focus to the frontend driver.

FWIW, I think it would be a good idea to post the frontend driver for
review as well, especially as people may notice stuff like the things
Halil noticed. You don't have to act immediately if you're focusing on
qemu right now, but I think it would make things easier for others
wanting to try this out.