netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/7] net: tls: Save iv in tls

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Date:   Thu, 24 Jan 2019 22:34:29 +0000
From:   Dave Watson <davejwatson@...com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dave Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Vakul Garg <vakul.garg@....com>,
        Boris Pismenny <borisp@...lanox.com>,
        Aviad Yehezkel <aviadye@...lanox.com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/7] net: tls: Save iv in tls_rec for async
 crypto requests

On 01/24/19 02:14 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 17:20:12 +0000, Dave Watson wrote:
> > aead_request_set_crypt takes an iv pointer, and we change the iv
> > soon after setting it.  Some async crypto algorithms don't save the iv,
> > so we need to save it in the tls_rec for async requests.
> > 
> > Found by hardcoding x64 aesni to use async crypto manager (to test the async
> > codepath), however I don't think this combination can happen in the wild.
> > Presumably other hardware offloads will need this fix, but there have been
> > no user reports.
> > 
> > Fixes: a42055e8d2c30 ("Add support for async encryption of records...")
> > Signed-off-by: Dave Watson <davejwatson@...com>
> 
> This one should target net, no?

Later patches touch the same code, so would need to be in both to
avoid merge conflicts.