linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RFC] crypto: skcipher: Remove VLA usage

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Date:   Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:22:19 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>,
        Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
        Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@...tec-electronic.com>,
        Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>,
        Arnaud Ebalard <arno@...isbad.org>,
        Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...il.com>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
        linux-crypto <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] crypto: skcipher: Remove VLA usage

On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 10:30:36PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 11:23 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> > RFC follow-up to https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAGXu5j+bpLK=EQ9LHkO8V=sdaQwt==6fbGhgn2Vi1E9_WxSGRQ@mail.gmail.com
> >
> > The core API changes:
> >
> >         struct crypto_sync_skcipher
> >         crypto_alloc_sync_skcipher()
> >         crypto_free_sync_skcipher()
> >         crypto_sync_skcipher_setkey()
> >         skcipher_request_set_sync_tfm()
> >         SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK type check
> >
> > and a single user's refactoring as an example:
> >
> >         drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-crypto.h
> >         drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-crypto-aes-xts.c
> >
> > Does this look correct? If so, I can continue and do the other 60
> > instances of SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK().
> 
> Herbert, how does this look? Should I do the other 60 instances? I'd
> really like to get this finished up. :)

Hi Kees:

Yes I like this.  This looks a lot simpler than I thought it would
be.

Thanks!
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