[PATCH v3 2/3] crypto: brcm: Add Broadcom SPU driver

Rob Rice rob.rice at broadcom.com
Thu Feb 2 07:11:57 PST 2017


Herbert,


> On Feb 2, 2017, at 9:05 AM, Herbert Xu <herbert at gondor.apana.org.au> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 11:44:48AM -0500, Rob Rice wrote:
>> 
>> +static int ahash_export(struct ahash_request *req, void *out)
>> +{
>> +	const struct iproc_reqctx_s *rctx = ahash_request_ctx(req);
>> +
>> +	memcpy(out, rctx, offsetof(struct iproc_reqctx_s, msg_buf));
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
> 
> The reqctx data structure seems to contain a lot of info unrelated
> to the hash state.  Can't we get away with just copying the hash
> state (incr_hash) itself?

Yes, I see your point. I’ll whittle the export state down to just what’s needed for the hash.

> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
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