Re: [PATCH] crypto: af_alg - add async support to algif_aead

From: Tadeusz Struk
Date: Thu Jan 28 2016 - 11:04:26 EST


Hi Stephan,
On 01/27/2016 10:26 PM, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>> + for (i = 0; i < areq->tsgls; i++)
>> > + put_page(sg_page(sg + i));
> Shouldn't here be the same logic as in put_sgl? I.e.
>
> for (i = 0; i < sgl->cur; i++) {
> if (!sg_page(sg + i))
> continue;
>
> put_page(sg_page(sg + i));
> sg_assign_page(sg + i, NULL);
> }
>

Thanks for reviewing.
I don't think it is possible that there ever will be any gaps in the tsgl.
In fact if there is such a possibility then it is a serious problem, because
it would mean that we are sending NULL ptrs to the ciphers (see line 640):

sg_mark_end(sgl->sg + sgl->cur - 1);
aead_request_set_crypt(&ctx->aead_req, sgl->sg, ctx->first_rsgl.sgl.sg,
used, ctx->iv);

I don't see any implementation checking for null in sgls. Most of them just do:

for_each_sg(sgl, sg, nents, i)
sg_virt(sg)...

So it would Oops there. I think this check in put_sgl is redundant.
Thanks,
--
TS