From: Pablo de Lara Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 16:30:50 +0000 (+0100) Subject: crypto/aesni_gcm: allow device init if no AES-NI is present X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ec73bcf3fac4d6aa209a43f9d858826a4b18fbc8;p=dpdk.git crypto/aesni_gcm: allow device init if no AES-NI is present The IPSec Multi buffer library does not require AES-NI instructions to be supported by the CPU, as it can emulate these instructions in software (adding a big performance penalty when using AES algorithms). Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara --- diff --git a/drivers/crypto/aesni_gcm/aesni_gcm_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/aesni_gcm/aesni_gcm_pmd.c index 1006a5c4db..f0293625bc 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/aesni_gcm/aesni_gcm_pmd.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/aesni_gcm/aesni_gcm_pmd.c @@ -491,11 +491,6 @@ aesni_gcm_create(const char *name, enum aesni_gcm_vector_mode vector_mode; MB_MGR *mb_mgr; - /* Check CPU for support for AES instruction set */ - if (!rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_AES)) { - AESNI_GCM_LOG(ERR, "AES instructions not supported by CPU"); - return -EFAULT; - } dev = rte_cryptodev_pmd_create(name, &vdev->device, init_params); if (dev == NULL) { AESNI_GCM_LOG(ERR, "driver %s: create failed", @@ -522,10 +517,15 @@ aesni_gcm_create(const char *name, dev->feature_flags = RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYMMETRIC_CRYPTO | RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYM_OPERATION_CHAINING | - RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_CPU_AESNI | RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_OOP_SGL_IN_LB_OUT | RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_OOP_LB_IN_LB_OUT; + /* Check CPU for support for AES instruction set */ + if (rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_AES)) + dev->feature_flags |= RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_CPU_AESNI; + else + AESNI_GCM_LOG(WARNING, "AES instructions not supported by CPU"); + mb_mgr = alloc_mb_mgr(0); if (mb_mgr == NULL) return -ENOMEM;