[SCSI] iscsi_tcp: print useful error message when iscsi crc23c allocation fails
People do not read the README and seem to like to
unselect the crc32c module even though iscsi_tcp selects
it for them. This patch spits a error that tells the user
that they really do need the module. Hopefully, we will
get fewer people asking about this now.
Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
index 861cb9b..c9a3abf 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
@@ -1777,14 +1777,24 @@
tcp_conn->tx_hash.tfm = crypto_alloc_hash("crc32c", 0,
CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
tcp_conn->tx_hash.flags = 0;
- if (IS_ERR(tcp_conn->tx_hash.tfm))
+ if (IS_ERR(tcp_conn->tx_hash.tfm)) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "Could not create connection due to crc32c "
+ "loading error %ld. Make sure the crc32c module is "
+ "built as a module or into the kernel\n",
+ PTR_ERR(tcp_conn->tx_hash.tfm));
goto free_tcp_conn;
+ }
tcp_conn->rx_hash.tfm = crypto_alloc_hash("crc32c", 0,
CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
tcp_conn->rx_hash.flags = 0;
- if (IS_ERR(tcp_conn->rx_hash.tfm))
+ if (IS_ERR(tcp_conn->rx_hash.tfm)) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "Could not create connection due to crc32c "
+ "loading error %ld. Make sure the crc32c module is "
+ "built as a module or into the kernel\n",
+ PTR_ERR(tcp_conn->rx_hash.tfm));
goto free_tx_tfm;
+ }
return cls_conn;