linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: inside-secure

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Date:   Sun, 27 May 2018 00:27:01 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com,
        maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com, gregory.clement@...tlin.com,
        miquel.raynal@...tlin.com, nadavh@...vell.com, oferh@...vell.com,
        igall@...vell.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: inside-secure - do not use memset on MMIO

On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 03:22:14PM +0200, Antoine Tenart wrote:
> This patch fixes the Inside Secure driver which uses a memtset() call to
> set an MMIO area from the cryptographic engine to 0. This is wrong as
> memset() isn't guaranteed to work on MMIO for many reasons. This led to
> kernel paging request panics in certain cases. Use memset_io() instead.
> 
> Fixes: 1b44c5a60c13 ("crypto: inside-secure - add SafeXcel EIP197 crypto engine driver")
> Reported-by: Ofer Heifetz <oferh@...vell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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