Re: [PATCH v2 05/19] crypto: x86/crc - limit FPU preemption

[Herbert Xu]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 04:59:17PM -0500, Robert Elliott wrote:
>
> @@ -170,9 +179,17 @@ static int __crc32c_pcl_intel_finup(u32 *crcp, const u8 *data, unsigned int len,
>  				u8 *out)
>  {
>  	if (len >= CRC32C_PCL_BREAKEVEN && crypto_simd_usable()) {
> -		kernel_fpu_begin();
> -		*(__le32 *)out = ~cpu_to_le32(crc_pcl(data, len, *crcp));
> -		kernel_fpu_end();
> +		do {
> +			unsigned int chunk = min(len, FPU_BYTES);
> +
> +			kernel_fpu_begin();
> +			*crcp = crc_pcl(data, chunk, *crcp);

How about storing the intermediate result in a local variable
instead of overwriting *crcp?

Thanks,
-- 
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt