From 7e44291e9615de1fc38d5256e7e8e5a64255c45c 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 a6fec6324f518991d63360693224b42e0ea3144f 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 565f591c4b81..c390a79c5a66 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; }