linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: catch base cipher self-test failures in fips mode

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Date:	Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:38:45 -0400
From:	Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>
To:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Cc:	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: catch base cipher self-test failures in fips mode

On Wednesday 29 April 2009 06:36:23 Neil Horman wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 09:11:51PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > I think this might have already been posted by Neil Horman, and
> > we already have it in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x kernels,
> > but in fips mode, we need to panic on the base cipher self-tests
> > failing as well as the later tests.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>
> > 
> I did post it:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org/msg02307.html
> looks like it somehow just never made it to Linus.  Thanks for noticing, Jarod.

That part got committed, this is an additional piece, as I believe that
wasn't quite complete. This patch adds another check for the rc of
alg_test_cipher() (vs. only the check for alg_test_descs[i].test()).

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod@...hat.com
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