From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752065AbdG1NxW (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Jul 2017 09:53:22 -0400 Received: from orcrist.hmeau.com ([104.223.48.154]:39928 "EHLO deadmen.hmeau.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751697AbdG1NxV (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Jul 2017 09:53:21 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 21:53:10 +0800 From: Herbert Xu To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" Cc: Neil Horman , linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto/rng: ensure that the RNG is ready before using Message-ID: <20170728135310.GF21401@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <20170716172206.6541-1-Jason@zx2c4.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170716172206.6541-1-Jason@zx2c4.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 07:22:06PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > Otherwise, we might be seeding the RNG using bad randomness, which is > dangerous. The one use of this function from within the kernel -- not > from userspace -- is being removed (keys/big_key), so that call site > isn't relevant in assessing this. > > Cc: Herbert Xu > Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld Patch applied. Thanks. -- Email: Herbert Xu Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt