Re: [0/8] target-iSCSI: Adjustments for several function implementations

[SF Markus Elfring]

> Calling crypto_free_shash(NULL) is actually fine.

Really?


> It doesn't dereference the parameter, it just does pointer math on it in
> crypto_shash_tfm() and returns if it's NULL in crypto_destroy_tfm().

Can a passed null pointer really work in this function?

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v4.16-rc2/source/include/crypto/hash.h#L684
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/include/crypto/hash.h?id=0f9da844d87796ac31b04e81ee95e155e9043132#n751

static inline struct crypto_tfm *crypto_shash_tfm(struct crypto_shash *tfm)
{
	return &tfm->base;
}


Regards,
Markus