Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 9 Jun 2023 12:21:15 -0700 | From | Jakub Kicinski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net v2 1/3] selftests: net: tls: check if FIPS mode is enabled |
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On Fri, 9 Jun 2023 15:52:10 -0300 Magali Lemes do Sacramento wrote: > > No need to zero init static variables, but really instead of doing > > the main() hack you should init this to a return value of a function. > > And have that function read the value. > > I'm not sure I understand what you mean here. I agree we want to avoid > reading the /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled file for every test. > However, correct me where I'm wrong, if we want to have fips_enabled > as a static global variable I don't think we can directly initialize > it from the return value of a function. > Could you clarify that, please?
Hm, I thought that worked, I must be misremembering. If it doesn't - let's steal the trick that the harness itself uses and put the init in a function decorated with __attribute__((constructor)).
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