On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 10:07:48PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > From: Eric Biggers <ebigg...@google.com> > > crypto_stats_get() is a no-op when the kernel is compiled without > CONFIG_CRYPTO_STATS, so pairing it with crypto_alg_put() unconditionally > (as crypto_rng_reset() does) is wrong. >
Presumably the intention was that _get() and _put() should always pair. It's really ugly and horrible that they don't. We could have predicted bug like this would happen and will continue to happen until the crypto_stats_get() is renamed. regards, dan carpenter
