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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: "Elliott, Robert (Servers)" <elliott@hpe.com>
Cc: "linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/11] crypto: CFI fixes
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 11:18:56 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y3faoM3CZNRlR/t2@sol.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MW5PR84MB1842FB8323FED755045A48F4AB099@MW5PR84MB1842.NAMPRD84.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 07:14:13PM +0000, Elliott, Robert (Servers) wrote:
> 
> > arch/x86/crypto/twofish_glue_3way.c:EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__twofish_enc_blk_3w
> > ay);
> > 
> > No, that doesn't matter at all.  Whether a symbol is exported or not just
> > has to do with how the code is divided into modules.  It doesn't have
> > anything to do with indirect calls.
>  
> I thought that makes them available to external modules, and there is no
> control over how they use them.
> 

The upstream kernel doesn't support out of tree modules.  In the highly unlikely
event that someone wants to make these low-level implementation details
available to out of tree modules, they can just patch the kernel themselves.

- Eric

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-11-18 19:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-18  9:02 [PATCH 0/11] crypto: CFI fixes Eric Biggers
2022-11-18  9:02 ` [PATCH 01/11] crypto: x86/aegis128 - fix crash with CFI enabled Eric Biggers
2022-11-18  9:02 ` [PATCH 02/11] crypto: x86/aria " Eric Biggers
2022-11-18  9:02 ` [PATCH 03/11] crypto: x86/nhpoly1305 - eliminate unnecessary CFI wrappers Eric Biggers
2022-11-18  9:02 ` [PATCH 04/11] crypto: x86/sha1 - fix possible crash with CFI enabled Eric Biggers
2022-11-18  9:02 ` [PATCH 05/11] crypto: x86/sha256 " Eric Biggers
2022-11-18  9:02 ` [PATCH 06/11] crypto: x86/sha512 " Eric Biggers
2022-11-18  9:02 ` [PATCH 07/11] crypto: x86/sm3 " Eric Biggers
2022-11-18  9:02 ` [PATCH 08/11] crypto: arm64/nhpoly1305 - eliminate unnecessary CFI wrapper Eric Biggers
2022-11-18  9:02 ` [PATCH 09/11] crypto: arm64/sm3 - fix possible crash with CFI enabled Eric Biggers
2022-11-18  9:02 ` [PATCH 10/11] crypto: arm/nhpoly1305 - eliminate unnecessary CFI wrapper Eric Biggers
2022-11-18  9:02 ` [PATCH 11/11] Revert "crypto: shash - avoid comparing pointers to exported functions under CFI" Eric Biggers
2022-11-18  9:51 ` [PATCH 0/11] crypto: CFI fixes Peter Zijlstra
2022-11-18 15:43 ` Elliott, Robert (Servers)
2022-11-18 18:49   ` Eric Biggers
2022-11-18 19:14     ` Elliott, Robert (Servers)
2022-11-18 19:18       ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2022-11-18 17:21 ` Sami Tolvanen

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