linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "crypto/ecc: Remove stack VLA usage"

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Date:   Fri, 30 Mar 2018 09:49:41 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "crypto/ecc: Remove stack VLA usage"

On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 9:39 AM, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 04:03:08PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>> This reverts commit 14de52112ee70ca289fa77bf2d9cbc79fd2c811f.
>>
>> The solution was incomplete and inefficient. This will be fixed
>> correctly in the next patch.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>
> Hmm you didn't post this to linux-crypto so it's not in patchwork.
>
> Anyway, I'd prefer if you just squashed this together with the
> subsequent patch.  It's not that complex to require a revert and
> a new patch to be readable.

Sounds good, thanks!

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security