From 25c38d3fb92fc23af7730a1601bc20af8216ae44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Huang Ying Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:33:40 +0800 Subject: crypto: api - Use dedicated workqueue for crypto subsystem Use dedicated workqueue for crypto subsystem A dedicated workqueue named kcrypto_wq is created to be used by crypto subsystem. The system shared keventd_wq is not suitable for encryption/decryption, because of potential starvation problem. Signed-off-by: Huang Ying Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu --- include/crypto/crypto_wq.h | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) create mode 100644 include/crypto/crypto_wq.h (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/crypto/crypto_wq.h b/include/crypto/crypto_wq.h new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a7d252daf91 --- /dev/null +++ b/include/crypto/crypto_wq.h @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +#ifndef CRYPTO_WQ_H +#define CRYPTO_WQ_H + +#include + +extern struct workqueue_struct *kcrypto_wq; +#endif -- cgit v1.2.3