[PATCH v2 04/20] crypto: aegis128-neon - Move to more abstract 'ksimd' guard API
Kees Cook
kees at kernel.org
Thu Oct 2 09:20:10 PDT 2025
On Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 11:02:06PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
>
> Move away from calling kernel_neon_begin() and kernel_neon_end()
> directly, and instead, use the newly introduced scoped_ksimd() API. This
> permits arm64 to modify the kernel mode NEON API without affecting code
> that is shared between ARM and arm64.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
> ---
> crypto/aegis128-neon.c | 33 +++++++-------------
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/crypto/aegis128-neon.c b/crypto/aegis128-neon.c
> index 9ee50549e823..b41807e63bd3 100644
> --- a/crypto/aegis128-neon.c
> +++ b/crypto/aegis128-neon.c
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
> */
>
> #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
> -#include <asm/neon.h>
> +#include <asm/simd.h>
>
> #include "aegis.h"
> #include "aegis-neon.h"
> @@ -24,32 +24,28 @@ void crypto_aegis128_init_simd(struct aegis_state *state,
> const union aegis_block *key,
> const u8 *iv)
> {
> - kernel_neon_begin();
> - crypto_aegis128_init_neon(state, key, iv);
> - kernel_neon_end();
> + scoped_ksimd()
> + crypto_aegis128_init_neon(state, key, iv);
> }
For these cases (to avoid the indentation change), do you want to use
just "guard" instead of "scope_guard", or do you want to explicitly
require explicit scope context even when the scope ends at the function
return?
--
Kees Cook
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