linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 06/10] crypte: ecc - Implement ecc_curve_get

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 21:15:52 +0100
From: Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
To: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: keyrings@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, saulo.alessandre@....jus.br
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 06/10] crypte: ecc - Implement ecc_curve_get_nbits to
 get number of bits

On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 03:41:45PM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> --- a/include/crypto/internal/ecc.h
> +++ b/include/crypto/internal/ecc.h
> @@ -75,6 +75,17 @@ static inline void ecc_digits_from_bytes(const u8 *in, unsigned int nbytes,
>  	ecc_swap_digits(tmp, out, ndigits);
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * ecc_curve_get_nbits() - Get the number of bits of the curve
> + * @curve:    The curve
> + */
> +static inline unsigned int ecc_curve_get_nbits(const struct ecc_curve *curve)
> +{
> +	if (curve->nbits)
> +		return curve->nbits;
> +	return curve->g.ndigits << ECC_DIGITS_TO_BYTES_SHIFT * 8;
> +}

Since you're amending struct ecc_curve with an extra nbits value anyway,
why not statically fill it in for all curves, instead of adding this
extra complexity in the code?

Thanks,

Lukas