linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] crypto: inside-secure

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Date:   Thu, 10 Oct 2019 23:40:51 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Pascal van Leeuwen <pvanleeuwen@...imatrix.com>,
        Pascal van Leeuwen <pascalvanl@...il.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] crypto: inside-secure - Reduce stack usage

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 02:14:34PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> safexcel_aead_setkey() contains three large stack variables, totalling
> slightly more than the 1024 byte warning limit:
> 
> drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_cipher.c:303:12: error: stack frame size of 1032 bytes in function 'safexcel_aead_setkey' [-Werror,-Wframe-larger-than=]
> 
> The function already contains a couple of dynamic allocations, so it is
> likely not performance critical and it can only be called in a context
> that allows sleeping, so the easiest workaround is to add change it
> to use dynamic allocations. Combining istate and ostate into a single
> variable simplifies the allocation at the cost of making it slightly
> less readable.
> 
> Alternatively, it should be possible to shrink these allocations
> as the extra buffers appear to be largely unnecessary, but doing
> this would be a much more invasive change.
> 
> Fixes: 0e17e3621a28 ("crypto: inside-secure - add support for authenc(hmac(sha*),rfc3686(ctr(aes))) suites")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  .../crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_cipher.c    | 53 ++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

This patch doesn't apply against the current cryptodev tree.

Please respin it.

Thanks,
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