No issues were found while using the driver with dm-crypt enabled. So CONFIG_DM_CRYPT check in the driver can be removed. This also fixes the NULL pointer dereference in driver release if CONFIG_DM_CRYPT is enabled. ... Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000008 ... Call trace: crypto_unregister_alg+0x68/0xfc crypto_unregister_skciphers+0x44/0x60 otx2_cpt_crypto_exit+0x100/0x1a0 otx2_cptvf_remove+0xf8/0x200 pci_device_remove+0x3c/0xd4 __device_release_driver+0x188/0x234 device_release_driver+0x2c/0x4c ... Fixes: 6f03f0e8b6c8 ("crypto: octeontx2 - register with linux crypto framework") Signed-off-by: Shijith Thotton <sthotton@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- .../crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptvf_algs.c | 17 +++++++---------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptvf_algs.c b/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptvf_algs.c index 2748a3327e39..f8f8542ce3e4 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptvf_algs.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptvf_algs.c @@ -1634,16 +1634,13 @@ static inline int cpt_register_algs(void) { int i, err = 0; - if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DM_CRYPT)) { - for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(otx2_cpt_skciphers); i++) - otx2_cpt_skciphers[i].base.cra_flags &= - ~CRYPTO_ALG_DEAD; - - err = crypto_register_skciphers(otx2_cpt_skciphers, - ARRAY_SIZE(otx2_cpt_skciphers)); - if (err) - return err; - } + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(otx2_cpt_skciphers); i++) + otx2_cpt_skciphers[i].base.cra_flags &= ~CRYPTO_ALG_DEAD; + + err = crypto_register_skciphers(otx2_cpt_skciphers, + ARRAY_SIZE(otx2_cpt_skciphers)); + if (err) + return err; for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(otx2_cpt_aeads); i++) otx2_cpt_aeads[i].base.cra_flags &= ~CRYPTO_ALG_DEAD; -- 2.25.1