On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 12:21:11PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers
>
> 'shash' algorithms are always synchronous, so passing CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC
> in the mask to crypto_alloc_shash() has no effect. Many users therefore
> already don't pass it, but some still do. This inconsistency
From: Eric Biggers
'shash' algorithms are always synchronous, so passing CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC
in the mask to crypto_alloc_shash() has no effect. Many users therefore
already don't pass it, but some still do. This inconsistency can cause
confusion, especially since the way the 'mask' argument works