linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] crypto: removing various VLAs

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Date:   Thu, 26 Apr 2018 19:27:07 +0200
From:   Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@...il.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] crypto: removing various VLAs

2018-04-20 18:51 GMT+02:00 Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>:
> On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 03:54:45PM +0200, Salvatore Mesoraca wrote:
>> v2:
>>       As suggested by Herbert Xu, the blocksize and alignmask checks
>>       have been moved to crypto_check_alg.
>>       So, now, all the other separate checks are not necessary.
>>       Also, the defines have been moved to include/crypto/algapi.h.
>>
>> v1:
>>       As suggested by Laura Abbott[1], I'm resending my patch with
>>       MAX_BLOCKSIZE and MAX_ALIGNMASK defined in an header, so they
>>       can be used in other places.
>>       I took this opportunity to deal with some other VLAs not
>>       handled in the old patch.
>>
>> [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4e536889-439a-49e6-dd95-2d4286913202@redhat.com
>>
>> Salvatore Mesoraca (2):
>>   crypto: api - laying defines and checks for statically allocated
>>     buffers
>>   crypto: remove several VLAs
>>
>>  crypto/algapi.c         | 10 ++++++++++
>>  crypto/cfb.c            |  7 +++----
>>  crypto/cipher.c         |  3 ++-
>>  crypto/ctr.c            |  4 ++--
>>  crypto/cts.c            |  5 +++--
>>  crypto/pcbc.c           |  5 +++--
>>  include/crypto/algapi.h |  8 ++++++++
>>  7 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> All applied.  Thanks.

Thank you very much.

Salvatore