Re: [PATCH] crypto: Force panic on continuous CPRNG test failurewhen in FIPS mode

[Herbert Xu]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 07:58:48AM -0500, Neil Horman wrote:
> 
> FIPS 140-2 specifies that all access to various cryptographic modules be
> prevented in the event that any of the provided self tests fail on the various
> implemented algorithms.  We already panic when any of the test in testmgr.c
> fail when we are operating in fips mode.  The continuous test in the cprng here
> was missed when that was implmented.  This code simply checks for the
> fips_enabled flag if the test fails, and warns us via syslog or panics the box
> accordingly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied.  Thanks Neil.
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