Re: [PATCH v2] lib/crypto: riscv/chacha: Avoid s0/fp register

From: Vivian Wang
Date: Tue Dec 02 2025 - 01:25:15 EST


On 12/2/25 13:31, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 02, 2025 at 01:25:07PM +0800, Vivian Wang wrote:
>> In chacha_zvkb, avoid using the s0 register, which is the frame pointer,
>> by reallocating KEY0 to t5. This makes stack traces available if e.g. a
>> crash happens in chacha_zvkb.
>>
>> No frame pointer maintenence is otherwise required since this is a leaf
>> function.
> maintenence => maintenance
>
Ouch... I swear I specifically checked this before sending, but
apparently didn't see this. Thanks for the catch.

>> SYM_FUNC_START(chacha_zvkb)
>> addi sp, sp, -96
>> - sd s0, 0(sp)
> I know it's annoying, but would you mind also changing the 96 to 88, and
> decreasing all the offsets by 8, so that we don't leave a hole in the
> stack where s0 used to be? Likewise at the end of the function.

No can do. Stack alignment on RISC-V is 16 bytes, and 80 won't fit.