linux-kernel - Re: cryptomgr_test / drbg_ctr: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context

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Date:   Sun, 20 May 2018 21:54:07 +0200
From:   Stephan Müller <smueller@...onox.de>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: cryptomgr_test / drbg_ctr: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context

Am Freitag, 18. Mai 2018, 10:36:04 CEST schrieb Geert Uytterhoeven:

Hi Geert,
> 
> I tried following the code path, but couldn't find where it went wrong.
> 
> mutex_lock(&drbg->drbg_mutex) is called from drbg_instantiate(), which is
> inlined by the compiler into drbg_kcapi_seed().
> 
> Do you have a clue?

It is the first time I hear from such an issue. Yes, the DRBG should not be 
called in atomic context. But I do not see where we have an atomic context 
(either a spin_lock or in an interrupt handler) when we are executing the test 
manager.

I will keep looking.

Ciao
Stephan