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Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2018 11:15:00 +0800
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To: Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>,
Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] crypto: api - laying macros for statically allocated
buffers
On Sat, Apr 07, 2018 at 08:38:18PM +0200, Salvatore Mesoraca wrote:
> Creating 2 new compile-time constants for internal use,
> in preparation for the removal of VLAs[1] from crypto code.
> All ciphers implemented in Linux have a block size less than or
> equal to 16 bytes and the most demanding hw require 16 bytes
> alignment for the block buffer.
>
> [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com
>
> Signed-off-by: Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@...il.com>
> ---
> crypto/internal.h | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/crypto/internal.h b/crypto/internal.h
> index 9a3f399..89ae41e 100644
> --- a/crypto/internal.h
> +++ b/crypto/internal.h
> @@ -26,6 +26,14 @@
> #include <linux/rwsem.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
>
> +/*
> + * Maximum values for blocksize and alignmask, used to allocate
> + * static buffers that are big enough for any combination of
> + * ciphers and architectures.
> + */
> +#define MAX_BLOCKSIZE 16
> +#define MAX_ALIGNMASK 15
No please don't put this here if you intend on using it everywhere.
This file is reserved for truly internal bits.
Perhaps include/crypto/algapi.h would be a better place.
Thanks,
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