Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: arm64/aes-neonbs - add return value of skcipher_walk_done() in __xts_crypt()

From: Ard Biesheuvel
Date: Tue Oct 22 2019 - 03:43:10 EST


On Tue, 22 Oct 2019 at 09:28, Yunfeng Ye <yeyunfeng@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> A warning is found by the static code analysis tool:
> "Identical condition 'err', second condition is always false"
>
> Fix this by adding return value of skcipher_walk_done().
>
> Fixes: 67cfa5d3b721 ("crypto: arm64/aes-neonbs - implement ciphertext stealing for XTS")
> Signed-off-by: Yunfeng Ye <yeyunfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> v1 -> v2:
> - update the subject and comment
> - add return value of skcipher_walk_done()
>
> arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-glue.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-glue.c b/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-glue.c
> index ea873b8904c4..e3e27349a9fe 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-glue.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-glue.c
> @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static int __xts_crypt(struct skcipher_request *req, bool encrypt,
> goto xts_tail;
>
> kernel_neon_end();
> - skcipher_walk_done(&walk, nbytes);
> + err = skcipher_walk_done(&walk, nbytes);
> }
>
> if (err || likely(!tail))
> --
> 2.7.4.3
>