I have posted a similar fix quite some time ago and I guess Greg should
already have it.
Greg?
On Fri 19-07-13 16:46:41, Piotr Sarna wrote:
> Commit 835f2f5 ("staging: zcache: enable zcache to be built/loaded as
> a module") introduced an incorrect handling of "zcache=" parameter.
>
> Inside zcache_comp_init() function, zcache_comp_name variable is
> checked for being empty. If not empty, the above variable is tested
> for being compatible with Crypto API. Unfortunately, after that
> function ends unconditionally (by the "goto out" directive) and returns:
> - non-zero value if verification succeeded, wrongly indicating an error
> - zero value if verification failed, falsely informing that function
> zcache_comp_init() ended properly.
>
> A solution to this problem is as following:
> 1. Move the "goto out" directive inside the "if (!ret)" statement
> 2. In case that crypto_has_comp() returned 0, change the value of ret
> to non-zero before "goto out" to indicate an error.
>
> Signed-off-by: Piotr Sarna <p.sa...@partner.samsung.com>
> Acked-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnier...@samsung.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.p...@samsung.com>
> ---
> drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
> b/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
> index dcceed2..81972fa 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
> @@ -1811,10 +1811,12 @@ static int zcache_comp_init(void)
> #else
> if (*zcache_comp_name != '\0') {
> ret = crypto_has_comp(zcache_comp_name, 0, 0);
> - if (!ret)
> + if (!ret) {
> pr_info("zcache: %s not supported\n",
> zcache_comp_name);
> - goto out;
> + ret = 1;
> + goto out;
> + }
> }
> if (!ret)
> strcpy(zcache_comp_name, "lzo");
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>
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