self-test for FIPS mode

[xxiao8]

Thanks. It turns out tests/basic --fips --selftest will do the trick, 
which uses the call you mentioned below.

xxiao

On 08/12/2015 01:30 AM, Werner Koch wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:15, xxiao8 at fosiao.com said:
>
>> For libgcrypt the self-tests at runtime are all embedded in various
>> source code, is there a way I can run the FIPS selftests explicitly?
>
> You may call
>
>        if (gcry_control (GCRYCTL_SELFTEST, 0))
>          fail ("running self-test failed\n");
>
> ay any time:
>
> | @item GCRYCTL_SELFTEST; Arguments: none
> | This may be used at anytime to have the library run all implemented
> | self-tests.  It works in standard and in FIPS mode.  Returns 0 on
> | success or an error code on failure.
>
>
>
> Shalom-Salam,
>
>     Werner
>