linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: arm/aes-neonbs - fix usage of cbc(aes) fallback

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Date:   Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:49:45 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     Horia Geantă <horia.geanta@....com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: arm/aes-neonbs - fix usage of cbc(aes) fallback

On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 10:06:58AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>
> Not sure what is happening here: IIRC the intention was to rely on the
> fact that only the sync cbc(aes) implementation needs the fallback,
> and therefore, allocating a sync skcipher explicitly would avoid this
> recursion.
> 
> Herbert?

It works only if everything is built in.  If cbc is built as a
module then you need Horia's patch to prevent a loop.

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