Re: [PATCH] crypto: qce - simplify qce_xts_swapiv()

From: Bjorn Andersson

Date: Mon Mar 30 2026 - 13:55:45 EST


On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 07:39:25PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Declare 'swap' as zero-initialized and use a single index variable to
> simplify the byte-swapping loop in qce_xts_swapiv(). Add a comment for
> clarity.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@xxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,
Bjorn

> ---
> drivers/crypto/qce/common.c | 12 ++++++------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qce/common.c b/drivers/crypto/qce/common.c
> index 04253a8d3340..54a78a57f630 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/qce/common.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/qce/common.c
> @@ -280,17 +280,17 @@ static u32 qce_encr_cfg(unsigned long flags, u32 aes_key_size)
> #ifdef CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_QCE_SKCIPHER
> static void qce_xts_swapiv(__be32 *dst, const u8 *src, unsigned int ivsize)
> {
> - u8 swap[QCE_AES_IV_LENGTH];
> - u32 i, j;
> + u8 swap[QCE_AES_IV_LENGTH] = {0};
> + unsigned int i, offset;
>
> if (ivsize > QCE_AES_IV_LENGTH)
> return;
>
> - memset(swap, 0, QCE_AES_IV_LENGTH);
> + offset = QCE_AES_IV_LENGTH - ivsize;
>
> - for (i = (QCE_AES_IV_LENGTH - ivsize), j = ivsize - 1;
> - i < QCE_AES_IV_LENGTH; i++, j--)
> - swap[i] = src[j];
> + /* Reverse and right-align IV bytes. */
> + for (i = 0; i < ivsize; i++)
> + swap[offset + i] = src[ivsize - 1 - i];
>
> qce_cpu_to_be32p_array(dst, swap, QCE_AES_IV_LENGTH);
> }
>