[PATCH v2] lib/mpi: Fix kernel unaligned access in mpi_write_to_sgl

From: Sowmini Varadhan
Date: Wed Apr 27 2016 - 13:45:26 EST



Commit 2d4d1eea540b ("lib/mpi: Add mpi sgl helpers") added
mpi_write_to_sgl() which generates traps due to unaligned
access on some platforms like sparc. Fix this by using
the get_unaligned* and put_unaligned* functions.

Fixes: 2d4d1eea540b ("lib/mpi: Add mpi sgl helpers")
Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: tadeusz.struk comments: Predicate on BYTES_PER_MPI_LIMB.

lib/mpi/mpicoder.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c b/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
index eb15e7d..b61eb6b 100644
--- a/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
+++ b/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <linux/bitops.h>
#include <linux/count_zeros.h>
#include "mpi-internal.h"
+#include <asm/unaligned.h>

#define MAX_EXTERN_MPI_BITS 16384

@@ -405,10 +406,22 @@ int mpi_write_to_sgl(MPI a, struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned *nbytes,
p -= sizeof(alimb);
continue;
} else {
- mpi_limb_t *limb1 = (void *)p - sizeof(alimb);
- mpi_limb_t *limb2 = (void *)p - sizeof(alimb)
- + lzeros;
- *limb1 = *limb2;
+ mpi_limb_t tmp;
+#if BYTES_PER_MPI_LIMB == 4
+ tmp = get_unaligned_be32((void *)p -
+ sizeof(alimb) +
+ lzeros);
+ put_unaligned_be32(tmp, (void *)p -
+ sizeof(alimb));
+#elif BYTES_PER_MPI_LIMB == 8
+ tmp = get_unaligned_be64((void *)p -
+ sizeof(alimb) +
+ lzeros);
+ put_unaligned_be64(tmp, (void *)p -
+ sizeof(alimb));
+#else
+#error please implement for this limb size.
+#endif
p -= lzeros;
y = lzeros;
}
--
1.7.1