From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:60230 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753745AbdBDJQT (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Feb 2017 04:16:19 -0500 Subject: Patch "crypto: api - Clear CRYPTO_ALG_DEAD bit before registering an alg" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree To: salvatore.benedetto@intel.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au Cc: , From: Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2017 10:16:20 +0100 Message-ID: <14861997801580@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled crypto: api - Clear CRYPTO_ALG_DEAD bit before registering an alg to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: crypto-api-clear-crypto_alg_dead-bit-before-registering-an-alg.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let know about it. >>From d6040764adcb5cb6de1489422411d701c158bb69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Salvatore Benedetto Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:54:08 +0000 Subject: crypto: api - Clear CRYPTO_ALG_DEAD bit before registering an alg From: Salvatore Benedetto commit d6040764adcb5cb6de1489422411d701c158bb69 upstream. Make sure CRYPTO_ALG_DEAD bit is cleared before proceeding with the algorithm registration. This fixes qat-dh registration when driver is restarted Signed-off-by: Salvatore Benedetto Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- crypto/algapi.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/crypto/algapi.c +++ b/crypto/algapi.c @@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ int crypto_register_alg(struct crypto_al struct crypto_larval *larval; int err; + alg->cra_flags &= ~CRYPTO_ALG_DEAD; err = crypto_check_alg(alg); if (err) return err; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from salvatore.benedetto@intel.com are queue-4.4/crypto-api-clear-crypto_alg_dead-bit-before-registering-an-alg.patch