Re: [PATCH 2/5] crypto: hisilicon/sec - delete the print of fallback tfm application failure

[Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>]

On Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 11:26:33AM +0800, Kai Ye wrote:
> Modify the print of information that might lead to user misunderstanding.
> Currently only XTS mode need the fallback tfm when using 192bit key.
> Others algs not need soft fallback tfm. So others algs can return
> directly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kai Ye <yekai13@huawei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/hisilicon/sec2/sec_crypto.c | 15 +++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

I don't think this is a good change.

> @@ -2032,13 +2032,12 @@ static int sec_skcipher_soft_crypto(struct sec_ctx *ctx,
>  				    struct skcipher_request *sreq, bool encrypt)
>  {
>  	struct sec_cipher_ctx *c_ctx = &ctx->c_ctx;
> +	SYNC_SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK(subreq, c_ctx->fbtfm);
>  	struct device *dev = ctx->dev;
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	SYNC_SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK(subreq, c_ctx->fbtfm);
> -
>  	if (!c_ctx->fbtfm) {
> -		dev_err(dev, "failed to check fallback tfm\n");
> +		dev_err(dev, "the soft tfm isn't supported in the current system.\n");

If we end up in this code path you'll be spamming the printk buffer
on every single request.  This is not acceptable.  At least rate limit
these messages.

Thanks,
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