linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] trusted-keys: small cleanup

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Date:	Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:03:49 +0900
From:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To:	zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	safford@...son.ibm.com, safford@...ibm.com, jj@...osbits.net,
	dhowells@...hat.com, jmorris@...ei.org, keyrings@...ux-nfs.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] trusted-keys: small cleanup

Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > >       va_end(argp);
> > > -     ret = crypto_shash_final(&sdesc->shash, paramdigest);
> > > +     if (!ret)
> > > +             ret = crypto_shash_final(&sdesc->shash, paramdigest);
> > >       if (!ret)
> 
> Change the second '(!ret)' here, the crypto_shash_file() return code
> test, from '(!ret)' to '(ret < 0)', like the other crypto_shash_file()
> tests.

Did you mean changing from

	if (!ret)
		ret = crypto_shash_final(&sdesc->shash, paramdigest);

to

	if (ret < 0)
		ret = crypto_shash_final(&sdesc->shash, paramdigest);

(i.e. invert the condition)?

I'm confused. Would you make the patch by yourself?
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