From: Herbert Xu Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: drbg - remove FIPS 140-2 continuous test Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:49:28 +0800 Message-ID: <20160125144928.GK8840@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <1788690.PnFbicKICx@positron.chronox.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-crypto , linux-kernel To: Stephan Mueller Return-path: Received: from helcar.hengli.com.au ([209.40.204.226]:54094 "EHLO helcar.hengli.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757130AbcAYOte (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jan 2016 09:49:34 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1788690.PnFbicKICx@positron.chronox.de> Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 09:52:28AM +0100, Stephan Mueller wrote: > Hi, > > the following patch is fully CAVS tested on 64 bit and 32 bit. > > Note, this change cannot be made for random.c or ansi_cprng.c, unfortunately. > > ---8<--- > The newly released FIPS 140-2 IG 9.8 specifies that for SP800-90A > compliant DRBGs, the FIPS 140-2 continuous random number generator test > is not required any more. > > This patch removes the test and all associated data structures. > > Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller Applied. -- Email: Herbert Xu Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt