On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 11:29:15PM -0500, Robert Elliott wrote: > The lists of algothms checked for existence by > modprobe tcrypt mode=1000 > generates three bogus errors: > modprobe tcrypt mode=1000 > > console log: > tcrypt: alg rot13 not found > tcrypt: alg cts not found > tcrypt: alg arc4 not found > > rot13 is not an algorithm in the crypto API or tested. > > cts is a wrapper, not a base algorithm. > > arc4 is named ecb(arc4), not arc4. > > Also, the list is missing numerous algorithms that are tested by > other test modes: > blake2b-512 > blake2s-256 > crct10dif > xxhash64 > ghash > cast5 > sm4 > ansi_prng > > Several of the algorithms are only available if > CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_ENABLE_OBSOLETE is enabled: > arc4 > khazad > seed > tea, xtea, xeta > > Rather that fix that list, remove test mode=1000 entirely. > It seems to have limited utility, and a web search shows no > discussion of anybody using it. > > Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Robert Elliott <elliott@xxxxxxx> > --- > crypto/tcrypt.c | 28 ---------------------------- > 1 file changed, 28 deletions(-) I think it would be better to use alg_test_descs as the source list of get rid of check. But I never use this so unless someone else complains I'm fine with removing it. Thanks, -- Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
