Re: [PATCH] crypto: Make a few drivers depend on !VMAP_STACK

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Mon Dec 12 2016 - 22:42:46 EST


On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 12:55:20PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Eric Biggers found several crypto drivers that point scatterlists at
> the stack. These drivers should never load on x86, but, for future
> safety, make them depend on !VMAP_STACK.
>
> No -stable backport should be needed as no released kernel
> configuration should be affected.
>
> Reported-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>

Nack. These drivers are all async and are never used with a
stack request.

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