Re: Fwd: [crypto:master 60/60] arch/x86/crypto/ghash-clmulni-intel_glue.c:71:25: sparse: cast to restricted __be64

[gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 10:11:19AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Greg,
> 
> This pertains to commit 8ceee72808d1 (crypto: ghash-clmulni-intel -
> use C implementation for setkey()) that has been pulled by Linus
> during the current merge window.
> 
> It is missing two things:
> - a cc to stable annotation
> - a fix for the sparse warning below (change cast from __be64 to __force __be64)
> 
> The reason for cc'ing stable on this patch is that it fixes a
> potential data corruption issue where the ghash setkey() method uses
> SSE registers without calling kernel_fpu_begin() first. This issue was
> introduced by 0e1227d356e9b (crypto: ghash - Add PCLMULQDQ accelerated
> implementation).
> 
> So how would you like to proceed with this? Should I propose a new
> patch somewhere?

No problem, I'll apply this as-is.  But it doesn't apply to the
3.4-stable tree cleanly, can you send me a backported version if it's
still needed there as well?

thanks,

greg k-h
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