Re: [PATCH]crypto: Fix algorithm and driver duplicate registered

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Wed Nov 18 2009 - 19:18:44 EST


On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 07:32:02PM -0500, Youquan,Song wrote:
> Current kernel, All the algorithms with same algorithm name and driver name
> are registered.
> But the proper behaviour should be only one algorithm be registered when
> algorithm and driver name duplicate.
>
> Signed-off-by: Youquan, Song <youquan.song@xxxxxxxxx>

This is intentional, in order to allow older implementations to be
replaced on the fly.

Is this causing any issues for you?

Cheers,
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