crypto: drbg - ignore jitterentropy errors if not in FIPS mode
A subsequent patch will make the jitterentropy RNG to unconditionally report health test errors back to callers, independent of whether fips_enabled is set or not. The DRBG needs access to a functional jitterentropy instance only in FIPS mode (because it's the only SP800-90B compliant entropy source as it currently stands). Thus, it is perfectly fine for the DRBGs to obtain entropy from the jitterentropy source only on a best effort basis if fips_enabled is off. Make the DRBGs to ignore jitterentropy failures if fips_enabled is not set. Signed-off-by: Nicolai Stange <nstange@suse.de> Reviewed-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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