Re: [PATCH] crypto: exynoes-rng: Set cra_ctxsize to 0

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On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 9:11 AM, PrasannaKumar Muralidharan
<prasannatsmkumar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Krzysztof
>
> On 21 May 2017 at 11:56, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 8:09 AM, PrasannaKumar Muralidharan
>> <prasannatsmkumar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> As cra_ctxsize is set but the allocated space is not used, set it 0.
>>
>> Why do you think it is not used? Did you test our change on hardware?
>
> Had a look at the crypto rng code. I think the additional size is used
> to store driver private data. But this driver does not store any
> private data in the crypto_tfm structure so I think the 'cra_ctxsize'
> can be safely set to 0.

Then from where does crypto_tfm_ctx() get its memory?

> I do not have access to the hardware, did not test the change. Sorry I
> forgot to mention that.

That is quite important... By default everything must be tested so if
you are skipping this step then please mark the patch respectively so
others will provide testing.

Best regards,
Krzysztof



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