Re: [PATCH] lib/sha1: remove memsets and allocate workspace on the stack

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 01:45, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You should add #include <linux/crypthash.h> to
> lib/sha1.c and perhaps rationalize the use of __u8
> and char for the second argument to sha_transform in
> the definition and uses.
>
> For defense in depth, a bool could be added to sha_transform
> like:
>
> void sha_transform(__u32 *digest, const char *data, bool wipe);

Yeah, why is the second parameter not "const void *data"? That
would save some casts in the callers.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

            Geert

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