crypto: api - Add more comments to crypto_remove_spawns
This patch explains the logic behind crypto_remove_spawns and its underling crypto_more_spawns. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ static void crypto_destroy_instance(struct crypto_alg *alg)
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crypto_tmpl_put(tmpl);
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}
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/*
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* This function adds a spawn to the list secondary_spawns which
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* will be used at the end of crypto_remove_spawns to unregister
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* instances, unless the spawn happens to be one that is depended
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* on by the new algorithm (nalg in crypto_remove_spawns).
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*
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* This function is also responsible for resurrecting any algorithms
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* in the dependency chain of nalg by unsetting n->dead.
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*/
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static struct list_head *crypto_more_spawns(struct crypto_alg *alg,
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struct list_head *stack,
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struct list_head *top,
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@ -128,6 +137,12 @@ static void crypto_remove_instance(struct crypto_instance *inst,
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BUG_ON(!list_empty(&inst->alg.cra_users));
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}
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/*
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* Given an algorithm alg, remove all algorithms that depend on it
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* through spawns. If nalg is not null, then exempt any algorithms
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* that is depended on by nalg. This is useful when nalg itself
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* depends on alg.
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*/
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void crypto_remove_spawns(struct crypto_alg *alg, struct list_head *list,
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struct crypto_alg *nalg)
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{
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@ -146,6 +161,11 @@ void crypto_remove_spawns(struct crypto_alg *alg, struct list_head *list,
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list_move(&spawn->list, &top);
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}
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/*
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* Perform a depth-first walk starting from alg through
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* the cra_users tree. The list stack records the path
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* from alg to the current spawn.
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*/
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spawns = ⊤
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do {
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while (!list_empty(spawns)) {
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@ -180,6 +200,11 @@ void crypto_remove_spawns(struct crypto_alg *alg, struct list_head *list,
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} while ((spawns = crypto_more_spawns(alg, &stack, &top,
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&secondary_spawns)));
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/*
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* Remove all instances that are marked as dead. Also
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* complete the resurrection of the others by moving them
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* back to the cra_users list.
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*/
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list_for_each_entry_safe(spawn, n, &secondary_spawns, list) {
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if (!spawn->dead)
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list_move(&spawn->list, &spawn->alg->cra_users);
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