Whirlpool in gcrypt <= 1.5.3 broken (if writes in chunks)?

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Hi,

since this commit (present in 1.6.0)

"md: Fix Whirlpool flaw."
http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git;a=commitdiff;h=0a28b2d2c9181a536fc894e24626714832619923

seems that Whirlpool hash produces different output
if data are written in parts.
(If entered as one buffer, it seems to be compatible though.)

Unfortunately, cryptsetup in its anti-forensic filter uses something like this:
  gcry_md_write(iv, iv_size)
  gcry_md_write(buf, buf_size)
  gcry_md_read ...

Change above seems to breaks all LUKS devices which used Whirlpool as hash
before and upgraded to gcrypt 1.6.0 (cryptsetup cannot open them anymore).

See for example https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=175737

Is my assumption that all whirlpool implementations before
libgcrypt 1.6.0 are broken if used this way?

(Using different crypto backend seems to support this assumption...)

Thanks,
Milan
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