Re: [PATCH v4 01/12] crypto: ecdsa - Convert byte arrays with key coordinates to digits

[Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>]

On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 09:19:56PM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> --- a/crypto/ecdsa.c
> +++ b/crypto/ecdsa.c
> @@ -222,9 +222,8 @@ static int ecdsa_ecc_ctx_reset(struct ecc_ctx *ctx)
>  static int ecdsa_set_pub_key(struct crypto_akcipher *tfm, const void *key, unsigned int keylen)
>  {
>  	struct ecc_ctx *ctx = akcipher_tfm_ctx(tfm);
> +	unsigned int digitlen, ndigits;
>  	const unsigned char *d = key;
> -	const u64 *digits = (const u64 *)&d[1];
> -	unsigned int ndigits;
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	ret = ecdsa_ecc_ctx_reset(ctx);

Hm, the removal of digits isn't strictly necessary.  If you would keep it,
the patch would become simpler (fewer lines changes).


> @@ -238,12 +237,17 @@ static int ecdsa_set_pub_key(struct crypto_akcipher *tfm, const void *key, unsig
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
>  	keylen--;
> -	ndigits = (keylen >> 1) / sizeof(u64);
> +	digitlen = keylen >> 1;
> +
> +	ndigits = DIV_ROUND_UP(digitlen, sizeof(u64));

Instead of introducing an additional digitlen variable, you could just
use keylen.  It seems it's not used in the remainder of the function,
so modifying it is harmless:

 	keylen--;
+ 	keylen >>= 1;
-	ndigits = (keylen >> 1) / sizeof(u64);
+	ndigits = DIV_ROUND_UP(digitlen, sizeof(u64));

Just a suggestion.

Thanks,

Lukas