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-rw-r--r--crypto/algapi.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/algapi.c b/crypto/algapi.c
index 58cc19164801..8ff8c2656d9c 100644
--- a/crypto/algapi.c
+++ b/crypto/algapi.c
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ static int __crypto_register_alg(struct crypto_alg *alg,
 		if (crypto_is_larval(q)) {
 			struct crypto_larval *larval = (void *)q;
 
+			/*
+			 * Check to see if either our generic name or
+			 * specific name can satisfy the name requested
+			 * by the larval entry q.
+			 */
 			if (strcmp(alg->cra_name, q->cra_name) &&
 			    strcmp(alg->cra_driver_name, q->cra_name))
 				continue;