crypto: hash - Fix the pointer voodoo in unaligned ahash

[pandora-kernel.git] / crypto / ahash.c

diff --git a/crypto/ahash.c b/crypto/ahash.c
index a92dc38..4fdb4d3 100644 (file)
--- a/crypto/ahash.c
+++ b/crypto/ahash.c
@@ -201,22 +201,34 @@ static void ahash_op_unaligned_finish(struct ahash_request *req, int err)
                memcpy(priv->result, req->result,
                       crypto_ahash_digestsize(crypto_ahash_reqtfm(req)));
 
+       /* Restore the original crypto request. */
+       req->result = priv->result;
+       req->base.complete = priv->complete;
+       req->base.data = priv->data;
+       req->priv = NULL;
+
+       /* Free the req->priv.priv from the ADJUSTED request. */
        kzfree(priv);
 }
 
 static void ahash_op_unaligned_done(struct crypto_async_request *req, int err)
 {
        struct ahash_request *areq = req->data;
-       struct ahash_request_priv *priv = areq->priv;
-       crypto_completion_t complete = priv->complete;
-       void *data = priv->data;
 
-       ahash_op_unaligned_finish(areq, err);
+       /*
+        * Restore the original request, see ahash_op_unaligned() for what
+        * goes where.
+        *
+        * The "struct ahash_request *req" here is in fact the "req.base"
+        * from the ADJUSTED request from ahash_op_unaligned(), thus as it
+        * is a pointer to self, it is also the ADJUSTED "req" .
+        */
 
-       areq->base.complete = complete;
-       areq->base.data = data;
+       /* First copy areq->result into areq->priv.result */
+       ahash_op_unaligned_finish(areq, err);
 
-       complete(&areq->base, err);
+       /* Complete the ORIGINAL request. */
+       areq->base.complete(&areq->base, err);
 }
 
 static int ahash_op_unaligned(struct ahash_request *req,
@@ -234,9 +246,39 @@ static int ahash_op_unaligned(struct ahash_request *req,
        if (!priv)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
+       /*
+        * WARNING: Voodoo programming below!
+        *
+        * The code below is obscure and hard to understand, thus explanation
+        * is necessary. See include/crypto/hash.h and include/linux/crypto.h
+        * to understand the layout of structures used here!
+        *
+        * The code here will replace portions of the ORIGINAL request with
+        * pointers to new code and buffers so the hashing operation can store
+        * the result in aligned buffer. We will call the modified request
+        * an ADJUSTED request.
+        *
+        * The newly mangled request will look as such:
+        *
+        * req {
+        *   .result        = ADJUSTED[new aligned buffer]
+        *   .base.complete = ADJUSTED[pointer to completion function]
+        *   .base.data     = ADJUSTED[*req (pointer to self)]
+        *   .priv          = ADJUSTED[new priv] {
+        *           .result   = ORIGINAL(result)
+        *           .complete = ORIGINAL(base.complete)
+        *           .data     = ORIGINAL(base.data)
+        *   }
+        */
+
        priv->result = req->result;
        priv->complete = req->base.complete;
        priv->data = req->base.data;
+       /*
+        * WARNING: We do not backup req->priv here! The req->priv
+        *          is for internal use of the Crypto API and the
+        *          user must _NOT_ _EVER_ depend on it's content!
+        */
 
        req->result = PTR_ALIGN((u8 *)priv->ubuf, alignmask + 1);
        req->base.complete = ahash_op_unaligned_done;