linux-kernel - Re: Crypto test results unused?

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:07:02 +0100
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Crypto test results unused?

Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> writes:

>> I think we need a way to differentiate between "really unknown" and
>> "failed", do we need another flag for it?
>
> It doesn't matter.  We test all algorithms at registration time.
> So unknown means failed except during registration.

So should we change "selftest: unknown" to "failed" then?
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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