linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib/mpi: Fix kernel unaligned acces in mpi_write_to

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Date:	Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:44:42 -0400
From:	Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
To:	Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	smueller@...onox.de, mmarek@...e.com, arnd@...db.de,
	andrew.zaborowski@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/mpi: Fix kernel unaligned acces in mpi_write_to_sgl

On (04/21/16 10:23), Tadeusz Struk wrote:
> 
> What if the mpi_limb_t will happen to be 64 bit? 
> Thanks,

When I checked this with cscope, I found

typedef unsigned long int mpi_limb_t;

thus I used the *32 functions. 

But you obviously know better, since you wrote this code (and bug).
If you anticipate that mpi_limb_t in some environment today,
I can check for sizeof(mpi_limb_t), and predicate it to
use the *32 or *64 functions based on the result. Do you think that
is necessary?

Regards,
--Sowmini