[PATCH] crypto/hash: Have hashing functions take void * buffer argument

Philippe Mathieu-Daudé posted 1 patch 2 weeks ago
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Maintainers: "Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>
include/crypto/hash.h |  8 ++++----
include/crypto/hmac.h |  4 ++--
crypto/hash.c         | 16 ++++++++--------
crypto/hmac.c         |  8 ++++----
4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
[PATCH] crypto/hash: Have hashing functions take void * buffer argument
Posted by Philippe Mathieu-Daudé 2 weeks ago
Cryptographic hash function can operate on any area of memory,
regardless of the content their represent. Do not restrict to
array of char, use the void* type, which is also the type of
the underlying iovec::iov_base field.

Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
---
 include/crypto/hash.h |  8 ++++----
 include/crypto/hmac.h |  4 ++--
 crypto/hash.c         | 16 ++++++++--------
 crypto/hmac.c         |  8 ++++----
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/crypto/hash.h b/include/crypto/hash.h
index 1868d4a0f78..43525098c51 100644
--- a/include/crypto/hash.h
+++ b/include/crypto/hash.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ int qcrypto_hash_bytesv(QCryptoHashAlgo alg,
  * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
  */
 int qcrypto_hash_bytes(QCryptoHashAlgo alg,
-                       const char *buf,
+                       const void *buf,
                        size_t len,
                        uint8_t **result,
                        size_t *resultlen,
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ int qcrypto_hash_updatev(QCryptoHash *hash,
  * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
  */
 int qcrypto_hash_update(QCryptoHash *hash,
-                        const char *buf,
+                        const void *buf,
                         size_t len,
                         Error **errp);
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(QCryptoHash, qcrypto_hash_free)
  * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
  */
 int qcrypto_hash_digest(QCryptoHashAlgo alg,
-                        const char *buf,
+                        const void *buf,
                         size_t len,
                         char **digest,
                         Error **errp);
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ int qcrypto_hash_base64v(QCryptoHashAlgo alg,
  * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
  */
 int qcrypto_hash_base64(QCryptoHashAlgo alg,
-                        const char *buf,
+                        const void *buf,
                         size_t len,
                         char **base64,
                         Error **errp);
diff --git a/include/crypto/hmac.h b/include/crypto/hmac.h
index af3d5f8feb2..0885ae22d1d 100644
--- a/include/crypto/hmac.h
+++ b/include/crypto/hmac.h
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int qcrypto_hmac_bytesv(QCryptoHmac *hmac,
  *  0 on success, -1 on error
  */
 int qcrypto_hmac_bytes(QCryptoHmac *hmac,
-                       const char *buf,
+                       const void *buf,
                        size_t len,
                        uint8_t **result,
                        size_t *resultlen,
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ int qcrypto_hmac_digestv(QCryptoHmac *hmac,
  * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
  */
 int qcrypto_hmac_digest(QCryptoHmac *hmac,
-                        const char *buf,
+                        const void *buf,
                         size_t len,
                         char **digest,
                         Error **errp);
diff --git a/crypto/hash.c b/crypto/hash.c
index 7513769e42d..6ffb88bf541 100644
--- a/crypto/hash.c
+++ b/crypto/hash.c
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ int qcrypto_hash_bytesv(QCryptoHashAlgo alg,
 
 
 int qcrypto_hash_bytes(QCryptoHashAlgo alg,
-                       const char *buf,
+                       const void *buf,
                        size_t len,
                        uint8_t **result,
                        size_t *resultlen,
                        Error **errp)
 {
-    struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = (char *)buf,
+    struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = (void *)buf,
                          .iov_len = len };
     return qcrypto_hash_bytesv(alg, &iov, 1, result, resultlen, errp);
 }
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ int qcrypto_hash_updatev(QCryptoHash *hash,
 }
 
 int qcrypto_hash_update(QCryptoHash *hash,
-                        const char *buf,
+                        const void *buf,
                         size_t len,
                         Error **errp)
 {
-    struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = (char *)buf, .iov_len = len };
+    struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = (void *)buf, .iov_len = len };
 
     return qcrypto_hash_updatev(hash, &iov, 1, errp);
 }
@@ -206,12 +206,12 @@ int qcrypto_hash_digestv(QCryptoHashAlgo alg,
 }
 
 int qcrypto_hash_digest(QCryptoHashAlgo alg,
-                        const char *buf,
+                        const void *buf,
                         size_t len,
                         char **digest,
                         Error **errp)
 {
-    struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = (char *)buf, .iov_len = len };
+    struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = (void *)buf, .iov_len = len };
 
     return qcrypto_hash_digestv(alg, &iov, 1, digest, errp);
 }
@@ -237,12 +237,12 @@ int qcrypto_hash_base64v(QCryptoHashAlgo alg,
 }
 
 int qcrypto_hash_base64(QCryptoHashAlgo alg,
-                        const char *buf,
+                        const void *buf,
                         size_t len,
                         char **base64,
                         Error **errp)
 {
-    struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = (char *)buf, .iov_len = len };
+    struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = (void *)buf, .iov_len = len };
 
     return qcrypto_hash_base64v(alg, &iov, 1, base64, errp);
 }
diff --git a/crypto/hmac.c b/crypto/hmac.c
index 422e005182a..2f0d044cf27 100644
--- a/crypto/hmac.c
+++ b/crypto/hmac.c
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ int qcrypto_hmac_bytesv(QCryptoHmac *hmac,
 }
 
 int qcrypto_hmac_bytes(QCryptoHmac *hmac,
-                       const char *buf,
+                       const void *buf,
                        size_t len,
                        uint8_t **result,
                        size_t *resultlen,
                        Error **errp)
 {
     struct iovec iov = {
-            .iov_base = (char *)buf,
+            .iov_base = (void *)buf,
             .iov_len = len
     };
 
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ int qcrypto_hmac_digestv(QCryptoHmac *hmac,
 }
 
 int qcrypto_hmac_digest(QCryptoHmac *hmac,
-                        const char *buf,
+                        const void *buf,
                         size_t len,
                         char **digest,
                         Error **errp)
 {
     struct iovec iov = {
-            .iov_base = (char *)buf,
+            .iov_base = (void *)buf,
             .iov_len = len
     };
 
-- 
2.51.0


Re: [PATCH] crypto/hash: Have hashing functions take void * buffer argument
Posted by Daniel P. Berrangé 2 weeks ago
On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 10:09:30AM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Cryptographic hash function can operate on any area of memory,
> regardless of the content their represent. Do not restrict to
> array of char, use the void* type, which is also the type of
> the underlying iovec::iov_base field.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
> ---
>  include/crypto/hash.h |  8 ++++----
>  include/crypto/hmac.h |  4 ++--
>  crypto/hash.c         | 16 ++++++++--------
>  crypto/hmac.c         |  8 ++++----
>  4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>


With regards,
Daniel
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