From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 437F1C433E2 for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 19:08:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EF8520643 for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 19:08:49 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1589483329; bh=KHYmyiI66zTuoK4UuBzCZfdb93JuBPFDvZtlObrdUyk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=jocWJCGCVtfhmtRZAUanI1OEU3wixuyJlvorCg7vOfXn2XbxwJ031f9Vx4ryk2uNS tzMq54XvVDJmUwDgL23ADMnZMh6OtXQcb6K71rVf8o8zIgM1w5Kp7UWU9foLLDyIXQ s48EDm/TEaRmZf8A9Xk0Uf/IeY8b9acZi22g5woY= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730220AbgENTIr (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 May 2020 15:08:47 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:41460 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728954AbgENTIp (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 May 2020 15:08:45 -0400 Received: from gmail.com (unknown [104.132.1.76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AE0FF20643; Thu, 14 May 2020 19:08:44 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1589483324; bh=KHYmyiI66zTuoK4UuBzCZfdb93JuBPFDvZtlObrdUyk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=l2qFbdhcHcDykTDkYu7ahNKLCXt68LmvuAeVkogZoD4oS02SFal6OVFk5SD5mWr6H kSTMbSdpFRiK66FHOizh/4D5mj5tdyHexudw0j9PwxqKepQReehRUwREYRkAyZdQPp i5nCEWAaYY+Rw57WY3k1HVcN9LuM7Z4uzuZQmo6M= Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 12:08:43 -0700 From: Eric Biggers To: Sasha Levin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, Herbert Xu , linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.14 39/39] crypto: xts - simplify error handling in ->create() Message-ID: <20200514190843.GA187179@gmail.com> References: <20200514185456.21060-1-sashal@kernel.org> <20200514185456.21060-39-sashal@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200514185456.21060-39-sashal@kernel.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 02:54:56PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote: > From: Eric Biggers > > [ Upstream commit 732e540953477083082e999ff553622c59cffd5f ] > > Simplify the error handling in the XTS template's ->create() function by > taking advantage of crypto_drop_skcipher() now accepting (as a no-op) a > spawn that hasn't been grabbed yet. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers > Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Please don't backport this patch. It's a cleanup (not a fix) that depends on patches in 5.6, which you don't seem to be backporting. Note, this comment applies to all stable trees as well as all the other "simplify error handling in ->create()" patches. I hope that I don't have to reply to every individual email. - Eric