Re: [PATCH] crypto: gcm - fix cacheline sharing

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Thu May 30 2019 - 10:31:24 EST


On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 03:55:07PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>
> > Would this work?

I see. You need to preserve the original IV.

> > diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg.c b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg.c
> > index c0ece44f303b..2ef2f76a3cb8 100644
> > --- a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg.c
> > +++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg.c
> > @@ -1832,22 +1832,25 @@ static int skcipher_decrypt(struct
> > skcipher_request *req)
> > struct caam_ctx *ctx = crypto_skcipher_ctx(skcipher);
> > int ivsize = crypto_skcipher_ivsize(skcipher);
> > struct device *jrdev = ctx->jrdev;
> > + u8 out_iv[AES_BLOCK_SIZE];
> > u32 *desc;
> > int ret = 0;
> >
> > - /* allocate extended descriptor */
> > - edesc = skcipher_edesc_alloc(req, DESC_JOB_IO_LEN * CAAM_CMD_SZ);
> > - if (IS_ERR(edesc))
> > - return PTR_ERR(edesc);
> > -
> > /*
> > * The crypto API expects us to set the IV (req->iv) to the last
> > * ciphertext block.
> > */
> > if (ivsize)
> > - scatterwalk_map_and_copy(req->iv, req->src, req->cryptlen -
> > + scatterwalk_map_and_copy(out_iv, req->src, req->cryptlen -
> > ivsize, ivsize, 0);
> >
> > + /* allocate extended descriptor */
> > + edesc = skcipher_edesc_alloc(req, DESC_JOB_IO_LEN * CAAM_CMD_SZ);
> > + if (IS_ERR(edesc))
> > + return PTR_ERR(edesc);
> > +
> > + memcpy(req->iv, out_iv, ivsize);
> > +
> > /* Create and submit job descriptor*/
> > init_skcipher_job(req, edesc, false);
> > desc = edesc->hw_desc;
>
> Umm never mind
>
> /me hides in shame

So why doesn't this work?

Cheers,
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