linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] crypto: x86: Fix indirect function call casts

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Message-ID: <20190509031625.f6usxmqzfehrmx7r@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Thu, 9 May 2019 11:16:25 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Joao Moreira <jmoreira@...e.de>
Cc:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        linux-crypto <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] crypto: x86: Fix indirect function call casts

On Thu, May 09, 2019 at 12:12:54AM -0300, Joao Moreira wrote:
>
> This is how things were done in the original patch set, but some concerns
> were raised about this approach:
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/4/16/74

No that's not what I'm suggesting at all.  Just get rid of those
wrapper functions and change the underlying asm functions to take
a void *.

Cheers,
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