[PATCH v6 6/6] crypto: arm64/aes-ccm - avoid by-ref argument for ce_aes_ccm_auth_data

[Eric Biggers]

On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 12:07:29PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> With the SIMD code path removed, we can clean up the CCM auth-only path
> a bit further, by passing the 'macp' input buffer pointer by value,
> rather than by reference, and taking the output value from the
> function's return value.
> 
> This way, the compiler is no longer forced to allocate macp on the
> stack. This is not expected to make any difference in practice, it just
> makes for slightly cleaner code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/crypto/aes-ce-ccm-core.S | 23 ++++++++++----------
>  arch/arm64/crypto/aes-ce-ccm-glue.c | 17 +++++----------
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers at google.com>