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From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Date:   Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:38:54 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] crypto: arm/curve25519 - add arch-specific key
 generation function
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On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 at 10:27, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote:
>
> Somehow this was forgotten when Zinc was being split into oddly shaped
> pieces, resulting in linker errors.

Zinc has no historical significance here, so it doesn't make sense to
keep referring to it in the commit logs.

> The x86_64 glue has a specific key
> generation implementation, but the Arm one does not. However, it can
> still receive the NEON speedups by calling the ordinary DH function
> using the base point.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>

With the first sentence dropped,

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

> ---
>  arch/arm/crypto/curve25519-glue.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/crypto/curve25519-glue.c b/arch/arm/crypto/curve25519-glue.c
> index f3f42cf3b893..776ae07e0469 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/crypto/curve25519-glue.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/crypto/curve25519-glue.c
> @@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ void curve25519_arch(u8 out[CURVE25519_KEY_SIZE],
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(curve25519_arch);
>
> +void curve25519_base_arch(u8 pub[CURVE25519_KEY_SIZE],
> +                         const u8 secret[CURVE25519_KEY_SIZE])
> +{
> +       return curve25519_arch(pub, secret, curve25519_base_point);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(curve25519_base_arch);
> +
>  static int curve25519_set_secret(struct crypto_kpp *tfm, const void *buf,
>                                  unsigned int len)
>  {
> --
> 2.24.0
>