linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] crypto: ixp4xx - Fix error handling path in 'aead

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Date:   Wed, 2 Aug 2017 12:59:07 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] crypto: ixp4xx - Fix error handling path in 'aead_perform()'

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 09:37:10AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>
> Oops, looks like I introduced the bug.  Anyway, such is the danger
> of fixing compiler warnings in rarely used code.
>
> For some reason your patch is corrupted in patchwork.  Also we don't
> need to check crypt->dst as free_buf_chain is a no-op if we didn't do
> the allocation at all.  So how about this patch?

Looks good to me.

> ---8<---
> In commit 0f987e25cb8a, the source processing has been moved in front of
> the destination processing, but the error handling path has not been
> modified accordingly.
> Free resources in the correct order to avoid some leaks.
>
> Fixes: 0f987e25cb8a ("crypto: ixp4xx - Fix false lastlen uninitialised warning")
> Reported-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>