From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org>,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Samuel Neves <sneves@dei.uc.pt>,
Andrew Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 01/23] asm: simd context helper API
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2018 22:35:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E9E1888-026E-45C1-8AA7-DADA211EDBDF@amacapital.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8afdd3b1c51587708db6ae878eb0a7e9f8b5673a.camel@perches.com>
> On Sep 29, 2018, at 9:20 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2018-09-28 at 16:01 +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 4:00 PM Ard Biesheuvel
>> <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 28 September 2018 at 15:59, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 3:58 PM Ard Biesheuvel
>>>> <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 28 September 2018 at 15:47, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 10:49 AM Ard Biesheuvel
>>>>>> <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> +typedef enum {
>>>>>>>>> + HAVE_NO_SIMD = 1 << 0,
>>>>>>>>> + HAVE_FULL_SIMD = 1 << 1,
>>>>>>>>> + HAVE_SIMD_IN_USE = 1 << 31
>>>>>>>>> +} simd_context_t;
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh, and another thing (and I'm surprised checkpatch.pl didn't complain
>>>>>>> about it): the use of typedef in new code is strongly discouraged.
>>>>>>> This policy predates my involvement, so perhaps Joe can elaborate on
>>>>>>> the rationale?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In case it matters, the motivation for making this a typedef is I
>>>>>> could imagine this at some point turning into a more complicated
>>>>>> struct on certain platforms and that would make refactoring easier. I
>>>>>> could just make it `struct simd_context` now with 1 member though...
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes that makes sense
>>>>
>>>> The rationale for it being a typedef or moving to a struct now?
>>>
>>> Yes just switch to a struct.
>>
>> Okay. No problem with that, but will wait to hear from Joe first.
>
> Why do you need to hear from me again?
>
> As far as I know, the only info about typedef avoidance are in
> Documentation/process/coding-style.rst section 5.
>
>
I personally prefer it with the typedef. If this were my code, I’d say the coding style is silly for opaque tiny structs like this.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-30 5:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 146+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-09-25 14:55 [PATCH net-next v6 00/23] WireGuard: Secure Network Tunnel Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 01/23] asm: simd context helper API Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-28 8:28 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-28 8:49 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-28 13:47 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-28 13:52 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-28 13:59 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-28 14:00 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-28 14:01 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-30 4:20 ` Joe Perches
2018-09-30 5:35 ` Andy Lutomirski [this message]
2018-10-01 1:43 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-02 7:18 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-28 13:45 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 02/23] zinc: introduce minimal cryptography library Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 18:33 ` Joe Perches
2018-09-25 19:43 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 20:00 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-09-25 20:02 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 20:05 ` Joe Perches
2018-09-25 20:12 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 20:21 ` Joe Perches
2018-09-25 20:54 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 21:02 ` Joe Perches
2018-09-25 21:03 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 03/23] zinc: ChaCha20 generic C implementation and selftest Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-28 15:40 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-29 1:53 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-02 3:15 ` Herbert Xu
2018-10-02 3:18 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 04/23] zinc: ChaCha20 x86_64 implementation Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-28 15:47 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-29 2:01 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-29 7:56 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-09-29 8:00 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-29 8:11 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-09-29 8:27 ` Abel Vesa
2018-10-02 1:09 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-02 1:07 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-02 3:18 ` Herbert Xu
2018-10-02 3:20 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 05/23] zinc: import Andy Polyakov's ChaCha20 ARM and ARM64 implementations Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-28 15:49 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-28 15:51 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-28 15:57 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 06/23] zinc: port " Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 07/23] zinc: " Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-26 8:59 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-26 13:32 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-26 14:02 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-26 15:41 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-26 16:54 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-26 17:07 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-26 17:37 ` Eric Biggers
2018-09-26 17:46 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-26 15:41 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-26 15:45 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-26 15:49 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-26 15:51 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-26 15:58 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-27 0:04 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-27 13:26 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-27 15:19 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-27 16:26 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-09-27 17:06 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-26 16:21 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-09-26 17:03 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-26 17:08 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-26 17:23 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-09-26 14:36 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-09-26 15:25 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-28 16:01 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-29 2:20 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-29 6:16 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-30 2:33 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 08/23] zinc: ChaCha20 MIPS32r2 implementation Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 09/23] zinc: Poly1305 generic C implementations and selftest Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 10/23] zinc: Poly1305 x86_64 implementation Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 11/23] zinc: import Andy Polyakov's Poly1305 ARM and ARM64 implementations Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-03 6:12 ` Eric Biggers
2018-10-03 7:58 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-10-03 14:08 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-03 14:45 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 12/23] zinc: " Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 13/23] zinc: Poly1305 MIPS32r2 and MIPS64 implementations Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 14/23] zinc: ChaCha20Poly1305 construction and selftest Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 15/23] zinc: BLAKE2s generic C implementation " Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 16/23] zinc: BLAKE2s x86_64 implementation Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 17/23] zinc: Curve25519 generic C implementations and selftest Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 18:38 ` Joe Perches
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 18/23] zinc: Curve25519 x86_64 implementation Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 19/23] zinc: Curve25519 ARM implementation Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-02 16:59 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-10-02 21:35 ` Richard Weinberger
2018-10-03 1:03 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-05 15:05 ` D. J. Bernstein
2018-10-05 15:16 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-10-05 18:40 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-03 3:10 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 20/23] crypto: port Poly1305 to Zinc Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 21/23] crypto: port ChaCha20 " Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-02 3:26 ` Herbert Xu
2018-10-02 3:31 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-03 5:56 ` Eric Biggers
2018-10-03 14:01 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 22/23] security/keys: rewrite big_key crypto to use Zinc Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-25 14:56 ` [PATCH net-next v6 23/23] net: WireGuard secure network tunnel Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-26 16:00 ` Ivan Labáth
2018-09-26 16:04 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-11-05 13:06 ` Ivan Labáth
2018-11-12 23:53 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-11-13 0:10 ` Dave Taht
2018-11-13 0:13 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-27 1:15 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-09-27 22:37 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-28 1:09 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-28 15:01 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-09-28 15:04 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-03 11:15 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-10-03 14:12 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-03 14:13 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-10-03 14:25 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-10-03 14:28 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-27 18:29 ` [PATCH net-next v6 00/23] WireGuard: Secure Network Tunnel Eric Biggers
2018-09-27 21:35 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-28 1:17 ` Eric Biggers
2018-09-28 2:35 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-28 4:55 ` Eric Biggers
2018-09-28 5:46 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-28 7:52 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-28 13:40 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-02 3:39 ` Herbert Xu
2018-10-02 3:45 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-02 3:49 ` Herbert Xu
2018-10-02 6:04 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-10-02 6:43 ` Richard Weinberger
2018-10-02 12:22 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-03 6:49 ` Eric Biggers
2018-10-05 13:13 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-05 13:37 ` Richard Weinberger
2018-10-05 13:46 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-10-05 13:53 ` Richard Weinberger
2018-10-05 17:50 ` David Miller
2018-09-28 17:47 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-29 2:40 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2018-09-29 5:35 ` Willy Tarreau
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