[PATCH 2/2] Automatically load the vmx_crypto module if supported.
alastair at au1.ibm.com
alastair at au1.ibm.com
Wed Jul 13 15:47:19 AEST 2016
From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair at d-silva.org>
This patch utilises the GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE infrastructure
to automatically load the vmx_crypto module if the CPU supports
it.
Signed-off-by: Alastair D'Silva <alastair at d-silva.org>
---
drivers/crypto/vmx/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/crypto/vmx/vmx.c | 6 ++----
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/vmx/Kconfig b/drivers/crypto/vmx/Kconfig
index 89d8208..a83ead1 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/vmx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/crypto/vmx/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
config CRYPTO_DEV_VMX_ENCRYPT
tristate "Encryption acceleration support on P8 CPU"
depends on CRYPTO_DEV_VMX
- default y
+ default m
help
Support for VMX cryptographic acceleration instructions on Power8 CPU.
This module supports acceleration for AES and GHASH in hardware. If you
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/vmx/vmx.c b/drivers/crypto/vmx/vmx.c
index e163d57..5a40f2f 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/cpufeature.h>
#include <linux/crypto.h>
#include <asm/cputable.h>
#include <crypto/internal/hash.h>
@@ -43,9 +44,6 @@ int __init p8_init(void)
int ret = 0;
struct crypto_alg **alg_it;
- if (!(cur_cpu_spec->cpu_user_features2 & PPC_FEATURE2_VEC_CRYPTO))
- return -ENODEV;
-
for (alg_it = algs; *alg_it; alg_it++) {
ret = crypto_register_alg(*alg_it);
printk(KERN_INFO "crypto_register_alg '%s' = %d\n",
@@ -78,7 +76,7 @@ void __exit p8_exit(void)
crypto_unregister_shash(&p8_ghash_alg);
}
-module_init(p8_init);
+module_cpu_feature_match(PPC_MODULE_FEATURE_VEC_CRYPTO, p8_init);
module_exit(p8_exit);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Marcelo Cerri<mhcerri at br.ibm.com>");
--
2.7.4
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