Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] crypto: qce: fix version check

From: Bjorn Andersson

Date: Wed Oct 29 2025 - 11:29:14 EST


On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 10:41:48AM +0100, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> On 10/29/25 9:25 AM, Jingyi Wang wrote:
> > From: Gaurav Kashyap <gaurav.kashyap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The previous version check made it difficult to support newer major
> > versions (e.g., v6.0) without adding extra checks/macros. Update the
> > logic to only reject v5.0 and allow future versions without additional
> > changes.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Gaurav Kashyap <gaurav.kashyap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Jingyi Wang <jingyi.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/crypto/qce/core.c | 3 +--
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qce/core.c b/drivers/crypto/qce/core.c
> > index e95e84486d9a..b966f3365b7d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/crypto/qce/core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/crypto/qce/core.c
> > @@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
> > #include "sha.h"
> > #include "aead.h"
> >
> > -#define QCE_MAJOR_VERSION5 0x05
> > #define QCE_QUEUE_LENGTH 1
> >
> > #define QCE_DEFAULT_MEM_BANDWIDTH 393600
> > @@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ static int qce_check_version(struct qce_device *qce)
> > * the driver does not support v5 with minor 0 because it has special
> > * alignment requirements.
> > */
> > - if (major != QCE_MAJOR_VERSION5 || minor == 0)
> > + if (major == 5 && minor == 0)
> > return -ENODEV;
>
> This also allows major < 5, should we add a second check to reject that?
>

The comment says we don't support v5.0, now the code says the same.

I think it's okay to leave handling of previous versions as undefined.
Given the current way this is expressed, there's can't be any existing
users...

Regards,
Bjorn

> Konrad