Re: [PATCH 2/3] staging: rtl8723bs: Use existing arc4 implementation

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On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 03:35:52PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Use functions provided by <crypto/arc4.h> instead of hand writing them.
> 
> The implementations are slightly different, but are equivalent. It has
> been checked with a test program which compares the output of the 2 sets of
> functions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_security.c | 101 ++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_security.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_security.c
> index 9587d89a6b24..86949a65e96f 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_security.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_security.c
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
>   ******************************************************************************/
>  #define  _RTW_SECURITY_C_
>  
> +#include <crypto/arc4.h>
>  #include <linux/crc32poly.h>
>  #include <drv_types.h>
>  #include <rtw_debug.h>
> @@ -31,66 +32,6 @@ const char *security_type_str(u8 value)
>  
>  /* WEP related ===== */
>  
> -struct arc4context {
> -	u32 x;
> -	u32 y;
> -	u8 state[256];
> -};
> -
> -
> -static void arcfour_init(struct arc4context	*parc4ctx, u8 *key, u32 key_len)
> -{
> -	u32 t, u;
> -	u32 keyindex;
> -	u32 stateindex;
> -	u8 *state;
> -	u32 counter;
> -
> -	state = parc4ctx->state;
> -	parc4ctx->x = 0;
> -	parc4ctx->y = 0;
> -	for (counter = 0; counter < 256; counter++)
> -		state[counter] = (u8)counter;
> -	keyindex = 0;
> -	stateindex = 0;
> -	for (counter = 0; counter < 256; counter++) {
> -		t = state[counter];
> -		stateindex = (stateindex + key[keyindex] + t) & 0xff;
> -		u = state[stateindex];
> -		state[stateindex] = (u8)t;
> -		state[counter] = (u8)u;
> -		if (++keyindex >= key_len)
> -			keyindex = 0;
> -	}
> -}
> -
> -static u32 arcfour_byte(struct arc4context	*parc4ctx)
> -{
> -	u32 x;
> -	u32 y;
> -	u32 sx, sy;
> -	u8 *state;
> -
> -	state = parc4ctx->state;
> -	x = (parc4ctx->x + 1) & 0xff;
> -	sx = state[x];
> -	y = (sx + parc4ctx->y) & 0xff;
> -	sy = state[y];
> -	parc4ctx->x = x;
> -	parc4ctx->y = y;
> -	state[y] = (u8)sx;
> -	state[x] = (u8)sy;
> -	return state[(sx + sy) & 0xff];
> -}
> -
> -static void arcfour_encrypt(struct arc4context *parc4ctx, u8 *dest, u8 *src, u32 len)
> -{
> -	u32 i;
> -
> -	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
> -		dest[i] = src[i] ^ (unsigned char)arcfour_byte(parc4ctx);
> -}
> -
>  static signed int bcrc32initialized;
>  static u32 crc32_table[256];
>  
> @@ -150,7 +91,7 @@ void rtw_wep_encrypt(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *pxmitframe)
>  {																	/*  exclude ICV */
>  
>  	unsigned char crc[4];
> -	struct arc4context	 mycontext;
> +	struct arc4_ctx mycontext;

Are you sure you can declare that much space on the stack?  Is that what
other users of this api do?  In looking at the in-kernel users, they do
not :(

Can you fix up this series to not take up so much stack memory?

thanks,

greg k-h




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