From 2862578fcdfb261a42f8d7bff3d14f78ef966254 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:53:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Revert "crypto: api - Disallow identical driver names" This reverts commit 462c383e732fa99c60aff711c43ec9d6eb27921e which is commit 27016f75f5ed47e2d8e0ca75a8ff1f40bc1a5e27 upstream. It is reported to cause problems in older kernels due to some crypto drivers having the same name, so revert it here to fix the problems. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/aceda6e2-cefb-4146-aef8-ff4bafa56e56@roeck-us.net Reported-by: Guenter Roeck Cc: Ovidiu Panait Cc: Herbert Xu Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- crypto/algapi.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/crypto/algapi.c b/crypto/algapi.c index bb03bed14f74..5d422e725b26 100644 --- a/crypto/algapi.c +++ b/crypto/algapi.c @@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ static struct crypto_larval *__crypto_register_alg(struct crypto_alg *alg) } if (!strcmp(q->cra_driver_name, alg->cra_name) || - !strcmp(q->cra_driver_name, alg->cra_driver_name) || !strcmp(q->cra_name, alg->cra_driver_name)) goto err; }