linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: gcm

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Date:   Thu, 30 May 2019 17:10:06 +0200
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     Iuliana Prodan <iuliana.prodan@....com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Horia Geanta <horia.geanta@....com>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        "open list:HARDWARE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR CORE" 
        <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: gcm - fix cacheline sharing

On Thu, 30 May 2019 at 17:06, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 05:04:51PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> >
> > But given your remark regarding CBC being the only algo that has this
> > requirement, I wonder if this might be sufficient as well.
>
> It's not that CBC is the only one with the requirement.  It's just
> that this is the wrong output IV for CTR.
>

Are there any generic templates relying on this for other algos than CBC?