linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: ecc - Streamline alloc_point and remove {alloc,free}_digits

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Message-ID: <aXMOt7xDgkm1b_BY@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:01:27 +0800
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Cc: Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>, Ignat Korchagin <ignat@...udflare.com>,
	Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: ecc - Streamline alloc_point and remove
 {alloc,free}_digits_space

On Mon, Jan 05, 2026 at 11:21:53PM +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Check 'ndigits' before allocating 'struct ecc_point' to return early if
> needed. Inline the code from and remove ecc_alloc_digits_space() and
> ecc_free_digits_space(), respectively.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Use kfree() instead of kfree_sensitive() as suggested by Stefan
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251218212713.1616-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/
> ---
>  crypto/ecc.c | 27 +++++++++------------------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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