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Message-Id: <1232011307.5937.204.camel@yhuang-dev.sh.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:21:47 +0800
From: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Sebastian Siewior <linux-crypto@...breakpoint.cc>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH crypto -v4 1/2] AES-NI: Add support to
access underlying blkcipher under cryptd ablkcipher
On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 16:47 +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 04:28:33PM +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> >
> > + tfm = crypto_alloc_ablkcipher(cryptd_alg_name, type, mask);
> > + BUG_ON(crypto_ablkcipher_tfm(tfm)->__crt_alg->cra_module !=
> > + THIS_MODULE);
>
> You need to check whether tfm is an error before dereferencing it.
> Also it's probably better to free the tfm and return an error rather
> than invoking BUG.
Why do we need this check? Someone else may register cryptd template?
Which error number should be return? -EINVAL?
> > --- a/include/crypto/algapi.h
> > +++ b/include/crypto/algapi.h
>
> Please create a new file for this, e.g., include/crypto/cryptd.h.
OK. I will do that.
Best Regards,
Huang Ying
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