t+0xf9d/0x163f [tcrypt] | [] do_test+0x3a1/0x163f [tcrypt] | [] tcrypt_mod_init+0x35/0x7c [tcrypt] | [] _stext+0x54/0x12c | [] ? tcrypt_mod_init+0x0/0x7c [tcrypt] | [] ? up_read+0x16/0x2b | [] ? __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x40/0x4c | [] sys_init_module+0xa9/0x1bf | [] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x32 because a spin lock is held and crypto_alloc_base() may sleep. There is no reason to re-allocate the cipher, the state is resetted in ->setkey(). This patches makes the cipher allocation a one time thing and moves it to init. Reported-by: Eric Sesterhenn Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Acked-by: Neil Horman Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu Ó°¤Âœ-x