linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: arm/aes-neonbs - fix usage of cbc(aes) fallback

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Date:   Fri, 6 Nov 2020 18:02:30 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Horia Geantă <horia.geanta@....com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: arm/aes-neonbs - fix usage of cbc(aes) fallback

On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 11:03:20AM +0200, Horia Geantă wrote:
> Loading the module deadlocks since:
> -local cbc(aes) implementation needs a fallback and
> -crypto API tries to find one but the request_module() resolves back to
> the same module
> 
> Fix this by changing the module alias for cbc(aes) and
> using the NEED_FALLBACK flag when requesting for a fallback algorithm.
> 
> Fixes: 00b99ad2bac2 ("crypto: arm/aes-neonbs - Use generic cbc encryption path")
> Signed-off-by: Horia Geantă <horia.geanta@....com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/crypto/aes-neonbs-glue.c | 8 +++++---
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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