Re: [PATCH v6 1/8] crypto: x86/glue_helper: Regularize function prototypes

From: Eric Biggers
Date: Thu Nov 21 2019 - 21:05:18 EST


On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 05:03:27PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> The crypto glue performed function prototype casting to make indirect
> calls to assembly routines. Instead of performing casts at the call
> sites (which trips Control Flow Integrity prototype checking), switch
> each prototype to a common standard set of arguments which allows the
> incremental removal of the existing macros. In order to keep pointer
> math unchanged, internal casting between u128 pointers and u8 pointers
> is added.
>
> Co-developed-by: João Moreira <joao.moreira@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Co-developers need their own Signed-off-by. checkpatch.pl warns about this.

- Eric