[PATCH v4 03/21] crypto/arm64: sm4-ce-gcm - Avoid pointless yield of the NEON unit

Herbert Xu herbert at gondor.apana.org.au
Wed Nov 5 23:15:07 PST 2025


On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 11:39:02AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
> 
> Kernel mode NEON sections are now preemptible on arm64, and so there is
> no need to yield it when calling APIs that may sleep.
> 
> Also, move the calls to kernel_neon_end() to the same scope as
> kernel_neon_begin(). This is needed for a subsequent change where a
> stack buffer is allocated transparently and passed to
> kernel_neon_begin().
> 
> While at it, simplify the logic.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers at kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/crypto/sm4-ce-gcm-glue.c | 25 +++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert at gondor.apana.org.au>

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