linux-kernel - Re: [06/20] crypto: sha512 - reduce stack usage to safe number

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Date:	Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:52:04 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: [06/20] crypto: sha512 - reduce stack usage to safe number

On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 02:42:08AM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 12:14:08PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > @@ -87,38 +87,48 @@ sha512_transform(u64 *state, const u8 *i
> >  	u64 a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, t1, t2;
> >  
> >  	int i;
> > -	u64 W[80];
> > +	u64 W[16];
> 
> This needs 3rd companion patch which does stack reduction even on i386.
> Patch which removes excessive loop unrolling and thus fixes the problem
> has been posted. Maybe there is some other way to maintain low stack
> space on i386 but I haven't found it.
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=132768692525017&w=4
> 
> If you apply only 2, original bug will be fixed, but on at least i386
> stack usage could go in 900-byte region.

But this patch isn't in Linus's tree yet, right?

So, should I just drop this one for now (well both of them) or just wait
for the above referenced patch to hit Linus's tree and handle it then?

thanks,

greg k-h
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