linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 09/12] crypto: ecdsa - Rename keylen to bufsize where necessary

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Message-Id: <CZIPDP0W9TOP.3CCT8QUB0R4L3@suppilovahvero>
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 22:41:11 +0200
From: "Jarkko Sakkinen" <jarkko@...nel.org>
To: "Stefan Berger" <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>, <keyrings@...r.kernel.org>,
 <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>, <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
 <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <saulo.alessandre@....jus.br>,
 <lukas@...ner.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 09/12] crypto: ecdsa - Rename keylen to bufsize where
 necessary

On Fri Mar 1, 2024 at 4:20 AM EET, Stefan Berger wrote:
> In some cases the name keylen does not reflect the purpose of the variable
> anymore once NIST P521 is used but it is the size of the buffer. There-
> for, rename keylen to bufsize where appropriate.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  crypto/ecdsa.c | 12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/crypto/ecdsa.c b/crypto/ecdsa.c
> index 4daefb40c37a..4e847b59622a 100644
> --- a/crypto/ecdsa.c
> +++ b/crypto/ecdsa.c
> @@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ struct ecdsa_signature_ctx {
>  static int ecdsa_get_signature_rs(u64 *dest, size_t hdrlen, unsigned char tag,
>  				  const void *value, size_t vlen, unsigned int ndigits)
>  {
> -	size_t keylen = ndigits * sizeof(u64);
> -	ssize_t diff = vlen - keylen;
> +	size_t bufsize = ndigits * sizeof(u64);

why not just "* 8"? using sizeof here makes this function only unreadable.


> +	ssize_t diff = vlen - bufsize;
>  	const char *d = value;
>  	u8 rs[ECC_MAX_BYTES];
>  
> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static int ecdsa_get_signature_rs(u64 *dest, size_t hdrlen, unsigned char tag,
>  		if (diff)
>  			return -EINVAL;
>  	}
> -	if (-diff >= keylen)
> +	if (-diff >= bufsize)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
>  	if (diff) {
> @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static int ecdsa_verify(struct akcipher_request *req)
>  {
>  	struct crypto_akcipher *tfm = crypto_akcipher_reqtfm(req);
>  	struct ecc_ctx *ctx = akcipher_tfm_ctx(tfm);
> -	size_t keylen = ctx->curve->g.ndigits * sizeof(u64);
> +	size_t bufsize = ctx->curve->g.ndigits * sizeof(u64);
>  	struct ecdsa_signature_ctx sig_ctx = {
>  		.curve = ctx->curve,
>  	};
> @@ -165,14 +165,14 @@ static int ecdsa_verify(struct akcipher_request *req)
>  		goto error;
>  
>  	/* if the hash is shorter then we will add leading zeros to fit to ndigits */
> -	diff = keylen - req->dst_len;
> +	diff = bufsize - req->dst_len;
>  	if (diff >= 0) {
>  		if (diff)
>  			memset(rawhash, 0, diff);
>  		memcpy(&rawhash[diff], buffer + req->src_len, req->dst_len);
>  	} else if (diff < 0) {
>  		/* given hash is longer, we take the left-most bytes */
> -		memcpy(&rawhash, buffer + req->src_len, keylen);
> +		memcpy(&rawhash, buffer + req->src_len, bufsize);
>  	}
>  
>  	ecc_swap_digits((u64 *)rawhash, hash, ctx->curve->g.ndigits);

BR, Jarkko