Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: algif_skcipher - Require setkey before accept(2)

[Herbert Xu]

On Sat, Jan 02, 2016 at 09:18:30PM +0100, Milan Broz wrote:
>
> But I cannot change thousands of cryptsetup installations that are actively using that code.
> This is clear userspace breakage which should not happen this way.

I'll try to add some compatibility code for your case, assuming
your modus operandi is accept(2) followed by a single setkey before
proceeding to encryption/decryption.

> (Moreover it still doesn't work for cipher_null that has min/max key size 0.)

Setkey works just fine on cipher_null.

Cheers,
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