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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/sha512-mb/sha512_mb.c b/arch/x86/crypto/sha512-mb/sha512_mb.c
index 39e2bbdc1836..6a8c31581604 100644
--- a/arch/x86/crypto/sha512-mb/sha512_mb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/crypto/sha512-mb/sha512_mb.c
@@ -904,7 +904,14 @@ static struct ahash_alg sha512_mb_async_alg = {
.base = {
.cra_name = "sha512",
.cra_driver_name = "sha512_mb",
- .cra_priority = 200,
+ /*
+ * Low priority, since with few concurrent hash requests
+ * this is extremely slow due to the flush delay. Users
+ * whose workloads would benefit from this can request
+ * it explicitly by driver name, or can increase its
+ * priority at runtime using NETLINK_CRYPTO.
+ */
+ .cra_priority = 50,
.cra_flags = CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_AHASH |
CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC,
.cra_blocksize = SHA512_BLOCK_SIZE,