Re: using crypto_digest() on non-kmalloc'd memory failures
From: James Morris
Date: Mon Oct 18 2004 - 15:17:56 EST
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Matt Domsch wrote:
> James, David,
>
> Oleg noted that when we call crypto_digest() on memory allocated as a
> static array in a module, rather than kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL), it returns
> incorrect data, and with other functions, a kernel panic.
>
> Thoughts as to why this may be? Oleg's test patch appended.
I don't recall the exact details, but it's related to using kmap in the
core crypto code.
- James
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