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    crypto: api - remove instance when test failed · 9c521a20
    Stephan Mueller authored
    
    
    A cipher instance is added to the list of instances unconditionally
    regardless of whether the associated test failed. However, a failed
    test implies that during another lookup, the cipher instance will
    be added to the list again as it will not be found by the lookup
    code.
    
    That means that the list can be filled up with instances whose tests
    failed.
    
    Note: tests only fail in reality in FIPS mode when a cipher is not
    marked as fips_allowed=1. This can be seen with cmac(des3_ede) that does
    not have a fips_allowed=1. When allocating the cipher, the allocation
    fails with -ENOENT due to the missing fips_allowed=1 flag (which
    causes the testmgr to return EINVAL). Yet, the instance of
    cmac(des3_ede) is shown in /proc/crypto. Allocating the cipher again
    fails again, but a 2nd instance is listed in /proc/crypto.
    
    The patch simply de-registers the instance when the testing failed.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarStephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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