linux-kernel - Re: Linux 3.6-rc5

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Date:	Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:53:58 -0700
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@...et.fi>,
	Romain Francoise <romain@...bokech.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 3.6-rc5

On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 08:35:56AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 5:54 AM, Jussi Kivilinna
> <jussi.kivilinna@...et.fi> wrote:
> >
> > Does reverting e46e9a46386bca8e80a6467b5c643dc494861896 help?
> >
> > That commit added crypto selftest for authenc(hmac(sha1),cbc(aes)) in 3.6,
> > and probably made this bug visible (but not directly causing it).
> 
> So Romain said it does - where do we go from here? Revert testing it,
> or fix the authenc() case? I'd prefer the fix..

I'm working on this right now.  If we don't get anywhere in a
couple of days we can revert the test vector patch.

Cheers,
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