[dm-devel] dm crypt: Avoid using MAX_CIPHER_BLOCKSIZE

[Herbert Xu]

On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 03:10:18PM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote:
>
> Strikes me as strange that open-coding skcipher_request_{alloc,free}
> is ideal, but dm-crypt is the only non-crypto consumer of
> MAX_CIPHER_BLOCKSIZE so really not worth standing up yet another
> interface wrapper.

It is pretty standard when you need to allocate data alongside the
request.  But yes if we could improve the helpers to handle this
that would be nice.

> Anyway, this code is certainly better for dm-crypt's needs.  I'm happy
> with you applying this change via your crypto tree.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer at kernel.org>

Thanks!
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