Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: AF_ALG - race-free access of encryption flag

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 12:05:13PM +0100, Stephan Müller wrote:

Shouldn't we then create a patch for the pre-4.14 algif_skcipher code that 
moves the wait out of the while loop to the beginning of the function in 
recvmsg?

When I said dead-lock I just meant that the recvmsg will block
indefinitely.  It can still be interrupted from user-space.

As the behaviour is currently undefined anyway, I don't think we
need to backport this fix.  At least not until we maintain a list
of ctx->enc like we discussed.

Cheers,
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