On 06.04.18, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Tobias Regnery <tobias.regn...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Commit 58eb5b670747 ("pstore: fix crypto dependencies") fixed up the crypto
> > dependencies but missed the case when no compression is selected.
> >
> > With CONFIG_PSTORE=y, CONFIG_PSTORE_COMPRESS=n and CONFIG_CRYPTO=m we see
> > the following link error:
> >
> > fs/pstore/platform.o: In function `pstore_register':
> > (.text+0x1b1): undefined reference to `crypto_has_alg'
> > (.text+0x205): undefined reference to `crypto_alloc_base'
> > fs/pstore/platform.o: In function `pstore_unregister':
> > (.text+0x3b0): undefined reference to `crypto_destroy_tfm'
> >
> > Fix this by selecting CONFIG_CRYPTO unconditionally.
> >
> > Fixes: 58eb5b670747 ("pstore: fix crypto dependencies")
> > Signed-off-by: Tobias Regnery <tobias.regn...@gmail.com>
>
> Thanks, I wonder how I missed this one. Thanks for fixing it up.
> It's a bit unfortunate that it now disallows the otherwise valid
> CONFIG_PSTORE=y, CONFIG_PSTORE_COMPRESS=n
> and CONFIG_CRYPTO=n configuration, though.
>
> Could we do this by making the calls compile-time configured
> in the pstore code instead? Please try the untested version
> below.
>
> Arnd
>
> diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
> index 1143ef351c58..dc720573fd53 100644
> --- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
> +++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
> @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static int pstore_decompress(void *in, void *out,
>
> static void allocate_buf_for_compression(void)
> {
> - if (!zbackend)
> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PSTORE_COMPRESS) || !zbackend)
> return;
>
> if (!crypto_has_comp(zbackend->name, 0, 0)) {
> @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static void allocate_buf_for_compression(void)
>
> static void free_buf_for_compression(void)
> {
> - if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tfm))
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PSTORE_COMPRESS) && !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tfm))
> crypto_free_comp(tfm);
> kfree(big_oops_buf);
> big_oops_buf = NULL;
Hi Arnd,
this seems to be the better fix, the link error goes away with this change.
Thanks for the suggestion, I will send an updated patch.
--
Tobias
