Re: [PATCH] crypto: inside-secure: safexcel - fix memory allocation

[Antoine Tenart]

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 02:17:41PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 09:44:02PM +0200, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> > On 10/9/18 12:20 AM, Kees Cook wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 12:17 PM, Gustavo A. R. Silva
> > > <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >> The original intention is to allocate space for EIP197_DEFAULT_RING_SIZE
> > >> *pointers* to struct, so sizeof(priv->ring[i].rdr_req) should be
> > >> sizeof(*priv->ring[i].rdr_req).
> > >>
> > >> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1473962 ("Sizeof not portable")
> > >> Fixes: 9744fec95f06 ("crypto: inside-secure - remove request list to improve performance")
> > >> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Friendly ping. Who can take this?
> 
> Well I tried to take it but it doesn't apply against cryptodev.
> So I presume this can go into the tree that carried the change
> which it depended on?

I would say this should go in cryptodev. The issue is probably because
of other changes that got applied in the meantime. Gustavo can probably
rebase his patch on top of cryptodev, and re-send it.

Thanks!
Antoine

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