Re: [PATCH v6 13/18] wireless/lib80211: Convert from ahash to shash

2018-07-25 Thread Johannes Berg
On Tue, 2018-07-24 at 09:49 -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > In preparing to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this > removes the discouraged use of AHASH_REQUEST_ON_STACK in favor of > the smaller SHASH_DESC_ON_STACK by converting from ahash-wrapped-shash > to direct shash. By removing a lay

[PATCH v6 13/18] wireless/lib80211: Convert from ahash to shash

2018-07-24 Thread Kees Cook
In preparing to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this removes the discouraged use of AHASH_REQUEST_ON_STACK in favor of the smaller SHASH_DESC_ON_STACK by converting from ahash-wrapped-shash to direct shash. By removing a layer of indirection this both improves performance and reduces