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lib/crypto: arm/poly1305: fix poly1305_blocks_neon link failure

PATCH In review Arnd Bergmann 2 participants 2 messages Jul 11, 2025

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PATCH 1/1 lib/crypto: arm/poly1305: fix poly1305_blocks_neon link failure

From: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>

The reference to poly1305_blocks_neon from generated assembler code is apparently the reason we had the silly __weak function in the wrapper. Removing it introduced a link failure:

ERROR: modpost: "poly1305_blocks_neon" [lib/crypto/arm/poly1305-arm.ko] undefined!

Moving the reference inside of the #if ARMv7 block avoids this problem.

Fixes 16f9e0cc99ec ("lib/crypto: arm/poly1305: Remove unneeded empty weak function")

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I see that the neon code is always built when targetting ARMv7, even in configurations without CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON where it is never called. I tried cleaning that up as well but couldn't figure it out.

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 lib/crypto/arm/poly1305-armv4.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
lib/crypto/arm/poly1305-armv4.pl +1 -1
index d57c6e2fc84a..dd7a996361a7 100644
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ $code.=<<___;
 # define poly1305_init   poly1305_block_init_arch
 # define poly1305_blocks poly1305_blocks_arm
 # define poly1305_emit   poly1305_emit_arch
-.globl	poly1305_blocks_neon
 #endif
 
 #if defined(__thumb2__)
@@ -722,6 +721,7 @@ poly1305_init_neon:
 	ret				@ bx	lr
 .size	poly1305_init_neon,.-poly1305_init_neon
 
+.globl	poly1305_blocks_neon
 .type	poly1305_blocks_neon,%function
 .align	5
 poly1305_blocks_neon:
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Quoted 12 lines · Arnd Bergmann

From: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>

The reference to poly1305_blocks_neon from generated assembler code is apparently the reason we had the silly __weak function in the wrapper. Removing it introduced a link failure:

ERROR: modpost: "poly1305_blocks_neon" [lib/crypto/arm/poly1305-arm.ko] undefined!

Moving the reference inside of the #if ARMv7 block avoids this problem.

Fixes 16f9e0cc99ec ("lib/crypto: arm/poly1305: Remove unneeded empty weak function")
Quoted 7 lines

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I see that the neon code is always built when targetting ARMv7, even in configurations without CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON where it is never called. I tried cleaning that up as well but couldn't figure it out.

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 lib/crypto/arm/poly1305-armv4.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Thanks! That's an interesting one... unfortunately the "perlasm" files are kind of a mess.

To avoid a bisection hazard, I'm replacing the original patch with an updated version that includes your fix:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

- Eric