Re: [PATCH -next 1/2] crypto: api - Fix IS_ERR() vs NULL check

[Herbert Xu]

On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 04:41:37PM +0800, Gaosheng Cui wrote:
> The crypto_alloc_test_larval() will return null if manager is disabled,
> it may not return error pointers, so using IS_ERR_OR_NULL()
> to check the return value to fix this.
> 
> The __crypto_register_alg() will return null if manager is disabled,
> it may not return error pointers, so using IS_ERR_OR_NULL()
> to check the return value to fix this.
> 
> Fixes: cad439fc040e ("crypto: api - Do not create test larvals if manager is disabled")
> Signed-off-by: Gaosheng Cui <cuigaosheng1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  crypto/algapi.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/crypto/algapi.c b/crypto/algapi.c
> index 5c69ff8e8fa5..5a080b8aaa11 100644
> --- a/crypto/algapi.c
> +++ b/crypto/algapi.c
> @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static struct crypto_larval *__crypto_register_alg(struct crypto_alg *alg)
>  	}
>  
>  	larval = crypto_alloc_test_larval(alg);
> -	if (IS_ERR(larval))
> +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(larval))
>  		goto out;

A NULL indicates success, why are you jumping to the error path?

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