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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: aes_ccm: move struct aead_req off the stack

From Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] mac80211: aes_ccm: move struct aead_req off the stack
Date 2016-10-14 15:20 +0200
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On 14 October 2016 at 14:15, Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2016-10-14 at 14:13 +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>>
>> > But if we allocate things anyway, is it worth expending per-CPU
>> > buffers on these?
>>
>> Ehmm, maybe not. I could spin a v2 that allocates a bigger buffer,
>> and copies aad[] into it as well
>
> Copies in/out, I guess. Also there's B_0/J_0 for CCM/GCM, and the
> 'zero' thing that GMAC has.
>

Is the aad[] actually reused? I would assume it only affects the mac
on encryption, and the verification on decryption but I don't think we
actually need it back from the crypto routines.

>> That does not help the other algos though
>
> What do you mean?
>

Exactly what you said above :-) My patch only touches CCM but as you said,

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'Also there's B_0/J_0 for CCM/GCM, and the 'zero' thing that GMAC has.
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[PATCH] mac80211: aes_ccm: move struct aead_req off the stack Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2016-10-14 15:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] mac80211: aes_ccm: move struct aead_req off the stack Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2016-10-14 15:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] mac80211: aes_ccm: move struct aead_req off the stack Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - 2016-10-14 15:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] mac80211: aes_ccm: move struct aead_req off the stack Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2016-10-14 16:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] mac80211: aes_ccm: move struct aead_req off the stack Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2016-10-14 15:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] mac80211: aes_ccm: move struct aead_req off the stack Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - 2016-10-14 15:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] mac80211: aes_ccm: move struct aead_req off the stack Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - 2016-10-14 15:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] mac80211: aes_ccm: move struct aead_req off the stack Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - 2016-10-14 15:20 +0200

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