linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] crypto: bcm: Constify *hash_alg

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Date:   Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:04:10 +0100
From:   Kamil Konieczny <k.konieczny@...tner.samsung.com>
To:     Hernán Gonzalez <hernan@...guardiasur.com.ar>,
        herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, davem@...emloft.net,
        steven.lin1@...adcom.com, arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com,
        colin.king@...onical.com, raveendra.padasalagi@...adcom.com,
        ray.jui@...adcom.com, scott.branden@...adcom.com,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] crypto: bcm: Constify *hash_alg_name[]



On 27.02.2018 23:01, Hernán Gonzalez wrote:
> Note: This is compile only tested.
> No gain from this except some self-documenting.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hernán Gonzalez <hernan@...guardiasur.com.ar>
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.c | 5 +++--
>  drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.h | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.c b/drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.c
> index efaf3cf..c7bb79e 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.c
> @@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
>  #include "cipher.h"
>  
>  /* This array is based on the hash algo type supported in spu.h */
> -char *hash_alg_name[] = { "None", "md5", "sha1", "sha224", "sha256", "aes",

------------------------------------------------------------------------ ^^^

'aes' is not hash, so either remove 'aes' or change array name to crypto_alg_name

Or maybe I am missing something, or is it hardcoded in silicon ?

> -	"sha384", "sha512", "sha3_224", "sha3_256", "sha3_384", "sha3_512" };
> +char const * const hash_alg_name[] = { "None", "md5", "sha1", "sha224",
> +	"sha256", "aes", "sha384", "sha512", "sha3_224", "sha3_256", "sha3_384",
> +	"sha3_512" };
>  
>  /* Assumes SPU-M messages are in big endian */
>  void spum_dump_msg_hdr(u8 *buf, unsigned int buf_len)
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.h b/drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.h
> index f252367..71cf6b5 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.h
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.h
> @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ enum aead_type {
>  	AEAD_TYPE_LAST
>  };
>  
> -extern char *hash_alg_name[HASH_ALG_LAST];
> +extern const char * const hash_alg_name[HASH_ALG_LAST];
>  
>  struct spu_request_opts {
>  	bool is_inbound;
> 

-- 
Best regards,
Kamil Konieczny
Samsung R&D Institute Poland