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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Documentation: crypto: add info about "fips=" boot option
On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 10:00:45PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 3/29/21 9:37 PM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 09:00:01PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >>
> >> + If fips_enabled = 1, some crypto tests are skipped.
> >
> > I don't think any tests are skipped. It does however disable
> > many algorithms by essentially failing them at the testing stage.
>
> That statement was based on crypto/testmgr.c (in 4 places):
>
> if (fips_enabled && template[i].fips_skip)
> continue;

By skipping the test, the algorithm effectively fails the self-test
and therefore is disabled.

Cheers,
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Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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