This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
crypto: x86/sha256-avx2 - add missing vzeroupper
to the 6.8-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
crypto-x86-sha256-avx2-add-missing-vzeroupper.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.8 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit e3a3dd97f5f82141b3f2036ce382ae6b9ff7c6de
Author: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Apr 5 20:26:09 2024 -0400
crypto: x86/sha256-avx2 - add missing vzeroupper
[ Upstream commit 57ce8a4e162599cf9adafef1f29763160a8e5564 ]
Since sha256_transform_rorx() uses ymm registers, execute vzeroupper
before returning from it. This is necessary to avoid reducing the
performance of SSE code.
Fixes: d34a460092d8 ("crypto: sha256 - Optimized sha256 x86_64 routine using AVX2's RORX instructions")
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/sha256-avx2-asm.S b/arch/x86/crypto/sha256-avx2-asm.S
index 9918212faf914..0ffb072be9561 100644
--- a/arch/x86/crypto/sha256-avx2-asm.S
+++ b/arch/x86/crypto/sha256-avx2-asm.S
@@ -716,6 +716,7 @@ SYM_TYPED_FUNC_START(sha256_transform_rorx)
popq %r13
popq %r12
popq %rbx
+ vzeroupper
RET
SYM_FUNC_END(sha256_transform_rorx)
