Re: SHA1-MB algorithm broken on latest kernel

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Thu May 12 2016 - 23:11:03 EST


On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 04:31:06PM -0700, Megha Dey wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When booting latest kernel with the CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1_MB enabled, I
> observe a panic.
>
> After having a quick look, on reverting the following patches, I am able
> to complete the booting process.
> aec4d0e301f17bb143341c82cc44685b8af0b945
> 8691ccd764f9ecc69a6812dfe76214c86ac9ba06
> 68874ac3304ade7ed5ebb12af00d6b9bbbca0a16
>
> Of the 3 patches, aec4d0e301f17bb143341c82cc44685b8af0b945 seems wrong.
> The r10 to r15 registers are used in sha1_x8_avx2.S, which is called
> from sha1_mb_mgr_flush_avx2.S.
>
> I do not think the functionality of the SHA1-MB crypto algorithm has
> been tested after applying these changes. (I am not sure if any of the
> other crypto algorithms have been affected by these changes).

Josh, Ingo:

Any ideas on this? Should we revert?

Thanks,
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