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Message-ID: <ZLpLnx4vtdYPuxrH@corigine.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:10:55 +0100
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Haren Myneni <haren@...ibm.com>,
        Nick Terrell <terrelln@...com>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@...el.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        qat-linux@...el.com, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/21] crypto: scomp - Revert "add support for
 deflate rfc1950 (zlib)"

On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 02:58:27PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> This reverts commit a368f43d6e3a001e684e9191a27df384fbff12f5.
> 
> "zlib-deflate" was introduced 6 years ago, but it does not have any
> users. So let's remove the generic implementation and the test vectors,
> but retain the "zlib-deflate" entry in the testmgr code to avoid
> introducing warning messages on systems that implement zlib-deflate in
> hardware.
> 
> Note that RFC 1950 which forms the basis of this algorithm dates back to
> 1996, and predates RFC 1951, on which the existing IPcomp is based and
> which we have supported in the kernel since 2003. So it seems rather
> unlikely that we will ever grow the need to support zlib-deflate.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
> ---
>  crypto/deflate.c | 61 +++++-----------
>  crypto/testmgr.c |  8 +--
>  crypto/testmgr.h | 75 --------------------
>  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 126 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/crypto/deflate.c b/crypto/deflate.c
> index b2a46f6dc961e71d..f4f127078fe2a5aa 100644
> --- a/crypto/deflate.c
> +++ b/crypto/deflate.c
> @@ -39,24 +39,20 @@ struct deflate_ctx {
>  	struct z_stream_s decomp_stream;
>  };
>  
> -static int deflate_comp_init(struct deflate_ctx *ctx, int format)
> +static int deflate_comp_init(struct deflate_ctx *ctx)
>  {
>  	int ret = 0;
>  	struct z_stream_s *stream = &ctx->comp_stream;
>  
>  	stream->workspace = vzalloc(zlib_deflate_workspacesize(
> -				    MAX_WBITS, MAX_MEM_LEVEL));
> +				-DEFLATE_DEF_WINBITS, DEFLATE_DEF_MEMLEVEL));
>  	if (!stream->workspace) {
>  		ret = -ENOMEM;
>  		goto out;
>  	}
> -	if (format)
> -		ret = zlib_deflateInit(stream, 3);
> -	else
> -		ret = zlib_deflateInit2(stream, DEFLATE_DEF_LEVEL, Z_DEFLATED,
> -					-DEFLATE_DEF_WINBITS,
> -					DEFLATE_DEF_MEMLEVEL,
> -					Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY);
> +	ret = zlib_deflateInit2(stream, DEFLATE_DEF_LEVEL, Z_DEFLATED,
> +	                        -DEFLATE_DEF_WINBITS, DEFLATE_DEF_MEMLEVEL,
> +	                        Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY);

nit: The two lines above partially use spaces instead of tabs for
      indentation.

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