Re: [PATCH] crypto: print self-test pass notices in fips mode

[Herbert Xu]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 09:21:35PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>
> diff --git a/crypto/testmgr.c b/crypto/testmgr.c
> index 39ffa69..d0cc85c 100644
> --- a/crypto/testmgr.c
> +++ b/crypto/testmgr.c
> @@ -2149,6 +2149,10 @@ notest:
>  test_done:
>  	if (fips_enabled && rc)
>  		panic("%s: %s alg self test failed in fips mode!\n", driver, alg);
> +	/* fips mode requires we print out self-test success notices */
> +	if (fips_enabled && !rc && strncmp(alg, "ctr(aes", 7))
> +		printk(KERN_INFO "alg: self-tests for %s (%s) passed\n",
> +		       driver, alg);

What is this strncmp crap for?
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