Re: kernel bug at sched.c:564! + linux kernel 2.4.25

[James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, Vladimir Kondratiev wrote:

> > The crypto functions should be safe to use in softirq context.
> It should be, but:
> <crypto/api.c:121>
> struct crypto_tfm *crypto_alloc_tfm(const char *name, u32 flags)
> {
>         struct crypto_tfm *tfm = NULL;
>         struct crypto_alg *alg;
> 
>         alg = crypto_alg_mod_lookup(name);
>         if (alg == NULL)
>                 goto out;
> 
>         tfm = kmalloc(sizeof(*tfm) + alg->cra_ctxsize, GFP_KERNEL);
> 

By crypto functions I meant encrypt() decrypt() etc, not the allocation.


- James
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James Morris
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