Re: [PATCH] crypto: qat - fix parameter check in aead encryption

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On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 11:18:52PM +0100, Giovanni Cabiddu wrote:
> Return -EINVAL if the input digest size and/or cipher
> length is zero or the cipher length is not multiple of a block.
> These additional parameter checks prevent an undefined device behaviour.

But a zero-length encryption is valid for AEAD.  If this triggers
an issue in the hardware, then you must fallback to software rather
than rejecting it.

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