linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] crypto: ecdh

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Date:   Fri, 21 May 2021 16:08:10 +0800
From:   Hui Tang <tanghui20@...wei.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        <xuzaibo@...wei.com>, <wangzhou1@...ilicon.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] crypto: ecdh - fix 'ecdh_init'



On 2021/5/21 15:45, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 02:40:00PM +0800, Hui Tang wrote:
>> NIST P192 is not unregistered if failed to register NIST P256,
>> actually it need to unregister the algorithms already registered.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Hui Tang <tanghui20@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>  crypto/ecdh.c | 11 ++++++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Thanks for catching this.  The variable ecdh_nist_p192_registered
> is bogus.  You should just make it so that if p192 fails to
> register then the init function aborts.  There would then be
> no need to check for the registered state in the exit function.
>

Okay, I will fix it in next version, and 'ecdsa_init' should
do the same thing too?

>