Re: [PATCH] lib/crypto: arm/poly1305: fix poly1305_blocks_neon link failure

[Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 09:23:59AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> 
> The reference to poly1305_blocks_neon from generated assembler code is
> apparently the reason we had the silly __weak function in the wrapper.
> Removing it introduced a link failure:
> 
> ERROR: modpost: "poly1305_blocks_neon" [lib/crypto/arm/poly1305-arm.ko] undefined!
> 
> Moving the reference inside of the #if ARMv7 block avoids this problem.
> 
> Fixes: 16f9e0cc99ec ("lib/crypto: arm/poly1305: Remove unneeded empty weak function")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
> I see that the neon code is always built when targetting ARMv7, even in
> configurations without CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON where it is never called.
> I tried cleaning that up as well but couldn't figure it out.
> ---
>  lib/crypto/arm/poly1305-armv4.pl | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Thanks!  That's an interesting one... unfortunately the "perlasm" files
are kind of a mess.

To avoid a bisection hazard, I'm replacing the original patch with an
updated version that includes your fix:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250711212822.6372-1-ebiggers@kernel.org

- Eric