linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: algapi - fix be32_to_cpu macro call in crypto

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Date:   Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:39:31 -0800
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>
Cc:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: algapi - fix be32_to_cpu macro call in
 crypto_inc()

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 04:52:51PM +0300, Alexey Khoroshilov wrote:
> be32_to_cpu() macro in some cases may be expanded to an expression
> that evaluates its arguments multiple times. 

When is that, exactly?

If that's true, then lots of other places in the kernel would need to be fixed
too.  Try running:

	git grep -E '[bl]e(16|32|64)_to_cpu\([^)]+\+\+\)'

If true, then it would be much better to fix the macros.

But more likely is that there isn't actually any problem.

- Eric