linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Fixing NX data alignment with nx

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Message-ID: <20150426065132.GB13536@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Sun, 26 Apr 2015 14:51:33 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	"Leonidas S. Barbosa" <leosilva@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Fixing NX data alignment with nx_sg list

On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 05:40:30PM -0300, Leonidas S. Barbosa wrote:
> In NX we need to pass always a 16 multiple size nx_sg_list to
> co processor. Trim function handle with this assuring all nx_sg_lists
> are 16 multiple size, although data was not being considerated when
> crop was done. It was causing an unalignment between size of the list
> and data, corrupting csbcpb fields returning a -23 H_ST_PARM error, or
> invalid operation.
> 
> This patch fix this recalculating how much data should be put back
> in to_process variable what assures the size of sg_list will be
> correct with size of the data.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leonidas S. Barbosa <leosilva@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Both patches applied.
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