linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] crypto: vmx - Use skcipher for cbc fallback

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Message-ID: <20170223112052.GA14019@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Thu, 23 Feb 2017 19:20:53 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <pfsmorigo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
        paulus@...ba.org, mpe@...erman.id.au, davem@...emloft.net,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        pfsmorigo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] crypto: vmx - Use skcipher for cbc fallback

Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <pfsmorigo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>        fallback =
> -           crypto_alloc_blkcipher(alg, 0, CRYPTO_ALG_NEED_FALLBACK);
> +           crypto_alloc_skcipher(alg, 0, CRYPTO_ALG_NEED_FALLBACK);

You need to add CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC to the mask in order to ensure
that you get a sync algorithm.

Thanks,
-- 
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