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Subject: Re: [patch] pcrypt: handle crypto_get_attr_type() errors
From: Dan Carpenter <error27 () gmail ! com>
Date: 2010-03-22 13:48:36
Message-ID: 20100322134836.GP21571 () bicker
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On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 02:23:42PM +0100, Steffen Klassert wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 12:28:47PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > crypto_get_attr_type() can returns ERR_PTRs if there is a problem.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
> >
> > diff --git a/crypto/pcrypt.c b/crypto/pcrypt.c
> > index 8020124..41bd80f 100644
> > --- a/crypto/pcrypt.c
> > +++ b/crypto/pcrypt.c
> > @@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ static struct crypto_instance *pcrypt_alloc_aead(struct rtattr **tb)
> > struct crypto_attr_type *algt;
> >
> > algt = crypto_get_attr_type(tb);
> > + if (IS_ERR(algt))
> > + return ERR_CAST(algt);
> >
> > alg = crypto_get_attr_alg(tb, algt->type,
> > (algt->mask & CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK));
>
> I've just noticed that we are calling crypto_get_attr_type already in
> pcrypt_alloc, so perhaps we could just pass the type and mask to
> pcrypt_alloc_aead. Then we can remove this second call to
> crypto_get_attr_type completely.
>
Yup. That works too. I will send an updated patch.
regards,
dan carpenter
> Steffen
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