Re: [PATCH 4.4 17/70] crypto: arm64/sha - avoid non-standard inline asm tricks

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Sat, Dec 05, 2020 at 01:39:28PM -0700, dann frazier wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 01:49:07PM -0700, dann frazier wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 11:50:32AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > 4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > 
> > fyi, I bisected a regression down to this commit. This apparently
> > causes an ADR_PREL_PG_HI21 relocation to be added to the sha{1,2}_ce
> > modules. Back in 4.4 ADR_PREL_PG_HI21 relocations were forbidden if
> > built with CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_843419=y, so now the sha{1,2}_ce modules
> > fail to load:
> > 
> > [   37.866250] module sha1_ce: unsupported RELA relocation: 275
> > 
> > Looks like it should be an issue for 4.14.y as well, but I haven't yet
> > tested it.
> 
> This regression appears to be limited to 4.4.y. I didn't find it when
> testing 4.9.y, and a 2nd bisection determined that it is because
> 4.9.y+ also contains a backport of commit 41c066f ("arm64: assembler:
> make adr_l work in modules under KASLR"). That was pulled from 4.4.y
> because it caused a build failure:
> 
>   https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg179709.html
> 
> Shall I submit a revert of this patch for 4.4.y, or is it worth trying
> to get a backport of 41c066f to work?

Which ever you think would be best is fine.

thanks,

greg k-h