From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
To: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v25 03/12] LRNG - /proc interface
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 09:40:43 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALCETrV9W9_rkdCZ4ZvV0bQWiE0ms8cvAyZqeNy4=kHnFj9BRA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5323691.yyFvDVlHDV@tauon.chronox.de>
On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 2:57 AM Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> wrote:
>
> Am Dienstag, 19. November 2019, 11:06:02 CET schrieb Andy Lutomirski:
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> > On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 4:16 AM Stephan Müller <smueller@chronox.de> wrote:
> > > Am Samstag, 16. November 2019, 17:39:40 CET schrieb Andy Lutomirski:
> > >
> > > Hi Andy,
> > >
> > > > > On Nov 16, 2019, at 1:40 AM, Stephan Müller <smueller@chronox.de>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > The LRNG /proc interface provides the same files as the legacy
> > > > > /dev/random. These files behave identically. Yet, all files are
> > > > > documented at [1].
> > > >
> > > > Why?
> > >
> > > I am not sure here: are you referring to the documentation? Or the one
> > > additional file?
> > >
> > > If it is the documentation, do you want me to add it to the patch
> > > description? I initially did not add it as these files were present and
> > > seemingly known what they provide. But I would add that documentation to
> > > the patch description if this is desired.
> >
> > Sorry, I should have been a lot more explicit. Why do you want to add
> > a new interface to read the RNG? What's wrong with the old one?
>
> There is nothing wrong at all. I actually want to be 100% API and ABI
> compliant with the existing random.c. Thus, the list of the sysctls are
> identical to the existing random.c with the same behavior (hence I skipped the
> documentation of these files).
Whoops, I misunderstood your commit message. You said "The LRNG /proc
interface provides the same files as the legacy
/dev/random.". I assumed that meant that you had a file in /proc that
worked like /dev/random.
So never mind.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-11-19 17:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 162+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-11 18:17 [PATCH v24 00/12] /dev/random - a new approach with full SP800-90B compliance Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:18 ` [PATCH v24 01/12] Linux Random Number Generator Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 23:54 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-11-12 2:25 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-12 10:16 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-11-12 22:30 ` kbuild test robot
2019-11-12 23:15 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-13 0:14 ` kbuild test robot
2019-11-13 0:25 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-24 4:51 ` Sandy Harris
2019-11-24 9:02 ` Stephan Mueller
2019-11-11 18:19 ` [PATCH v24 02/12] LRNG - allocate one SDRNG instance per NUMA node Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:20 ` [PATCH v24 03/12] LRNG - /proc interface Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:20 ` [PATCH v24 04/12] LRNG - add switchable DRNG support Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:21 ` [PATCH v24 05/12] crypto: DRBG - externalize DRBG functions for LRNG Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:21 ` [PATCH v24 06/12] LRNG - add SP800-90A DRBG extension Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:22 ` [PATCH v24 07/12] LRNG - add kernel crypto API PRNG extension Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:23 ` [PATCH v24 08/12] crypto: provide access to a static Jitter RNG state Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:23 ` [PATCH v24 09/12] LRNG - add Jitter RNG fast noise source Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:24 ` [PATCH v24 10/12] LRNG - add TRNG support Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:26 ` [PATCH v24 11/12] LRNG - add SP800-90B compliant health tests Stephan Müller
2019-11-12 19:58 ` Alexander E. Patrakov
2019-11-12 23:11 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-13 0:36 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-13 6:02 ` Alexander E. Patrakov
2019-11-14 1:46 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-11 18:26 ` [PATCH v24 12/12] LRNG - add interface for gathering of raw entropy Stephan Müller
2019-11-12 20:55 ` kbuild test robot
2019-11-12 23:13 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-12 13:23 ` [PATCH v24 00/12] /dev/random - a new approach with full SP800-90B compliance Florian Weimer
2019-11-12 22:43 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-12 15:33 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-12 23:03 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-12 23:26 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-13 4:24 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-13 4:48 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-13 12:16 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 9:32 ` [PATCH v25 00/12] /dev/random - a new approach with full SP800-90B Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 9:33 ` [PATCH v25 01/12] Linux Random Number Generator Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 11:25 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-11-17 10:30 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 18:13 ` Nicolai Stange
2019-11-17 11:01 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 9:33 ` [PATCH v25 02/12] LRNG - allocate one SDRNG instance per NUMA node Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 9:34 ` [PATCH v25 03/12] LRNG - /proc interface Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 16:39 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-17 12:16 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-19 10:06 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-19 10:55 ` Stephan Mueller
2019-11-19 17:40 ` Andy Lutomirski [this message]
2019-11-16 23:36 ` Eric W. Biederman
2019-11-17 11:37 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 9:34 ` [PATCH v25 04/12] LRNG - add switchable DRNG support Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 9:35 ` [PATCH v25 05/12] crypto: DRBG - externalize DRBG functions for LRNG Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 9:35 ` [PATCH v25 06/12] LRNG - add SP800-90A DRBG extension Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 9:35 ` [PATCH v25 07/12] LRNG - add kernel crypto API PRNG extension Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 9:36 ` [PATCH v25 08/12] crypto: provide access to a static Jitter RNG state Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 9:36 ` [PATCH v25 09/12] LRNG - add Jitter RNG fast noise source Stephan Müller
2019-11-20 13:33 ` Neil Horman
2019-11-20 20:07 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-21 14:19 ` Neil Horman
2019-11-21 14:33 ` Stephan Mueller
2019-11-16 9:37 ` [PATCH v25 10/12] LRNG - add TRNG support Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 16:09 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-17 11:10 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-19 10:07 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-19 10:46 ` Stephan Mueller
2019-11-19 12:41 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-11-20 8:58 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-20 9:55 ` Alexander E. Patrakov
2019-11-20 13:29 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-11-20 19:51 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-20 19:57 ` Alexander E. Patrakov
2019-11-20 20:32 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2019-11-21 13:06 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 9:37 ` [PATCH v25 11/12] LRNG - add SP800-90B compliant health tests Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 9:38 ` [PATCH v25 12/12] LRNG - add interface for gathering of raw entropy Stephan Müller
2019-11-16 16:51 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-17 22:55 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-19 10:04 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-11-19 17:17 ` Randy Dunlap
2019-11-20 9:01 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-21 12:18 ` Nicolai Stange
2019-11-21 15:18 ` Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:08 ` [PATCH v26 00/12] /dev/random - a new approach with full SP800-90B Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:10 ` [PATCH v26 01/12] Linux Random Number Generator Stephan Müller
2019-11-24 22:44 ` kbuild test robot
2019-11-25 6:29 ` Stephan Mueller
2019-11-23 20:10 ` [PATCH v26 02/12] LRNG - allocate one SDRNG instance per NUMA node Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:11 ` [PATCH v26 03/12] LRNG - sysctls and /proc interface Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:11 ` [PATCH v26 04/12] LRNG - add switchable DRNG support Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:31 ` [PATCH v26 05/12] crypto: DRBG - externalize DRBG functions for LRNG Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:32 ` [PATCH v26 06/12] LRNG - add SP800-90A DRBG extension Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:32 ` [PATCH v26 07/12] LRNG - add kernel crypto API PRNG extension Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:33 ` [PATCH v26 08/12] crypto: provide access to a static Jitter RNG state Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:34 ` [PATCH v26 09/12] LRNG - add Jitter RNG fast noise source Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:34 ` [PATCH v26 10/12] LRNG - add TRNG support Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:34 ` [PATCH v26 11/12] LRNG - add SP800-90B compliant health tests Stephan Müller
2019-11-23 20:35 ` [PATCH v26 12/12] LRNG - add interface for gathering of raw entropy Stephan Müller
2020-01-09 8:29 ` [PATCH v27 00/12] /dev/random - a new approach with full SP800-90B Stephan Müller
2020-01-09 8:30 ` [PATCH v27 01/12] Linux Random Number Generator Stephan Müller
2020-01-16 6:09 ` kbuild test robot
2020-01-16 6:41 ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-09 8:31 ` [PATCH v27 02/12] LRNG - allocate one DRNG instance per NUMA node Stephan Müller
2020-01-09 8:31 ` [PATCH v27 03/12] LRNG - sysctls and /proc interface Stephan Müller
2020-01-09 8:32 ` [PATCH v27 04/12] LRNG - add switchable DRNG support Stephan Müller
2020-01-11 7:09 ` kbuild test robot
2020-01-12 10:12 ` Stephan Müller
2020-01-09 8:32 ` [PATCH v27 05/12] crypto: DRBG - externalize DRBG functions for LRNG Stephan Müller
2020-01-09 8:32 ` [PATCH v27 06/12] LRNG - add SP800-90A DRBG extension Stephan Müller
2020-01-09 8:33 ` [PATCH v27 07/12] LRNG - add kernel crypto API PRNG extension Stephan Müller
2020-01-09 8:33 ` [PATCH v27 08/12] crypto: provide access to a static Jitter RNG state Stephan Müller
2020-01-09 8:34 ` [PATCH v27 09/12] LRNG - add Jitter RNG fast noise source Stephan Müller
2020-01-10 0:24 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-10 7:45 ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-09 8:34 ` [PATCH v27 10/12] LRNG - add SP800-90B compliant health tests Stephan Müller
2020-01-10 0:20 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-10 8:27 ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-09 8:35 ` [PATCH v27 11/12] LRNG - add interface for gathering of raw entropy Stephan Müller
2020-01-09 8:35 ` [PATCH v27 12/12] LRNG - add power-on and runtime self-tests Stephan Müller
2020-01-10 0:22 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-10 7:48 ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-13 10:39 ` Dan Carpenter
2020-01-13 10:46 ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-15 10:31 ` [PATCH v28 00/12] /dev/random - a new approach with full SP800-90B Stephan Müller
2020-01-15 10:31 ` [PATCH v28 01/12] Linux Random Number Generator Stephan Müller
2020-01-16 0:11 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-16 7:22 ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-15 10:32 ` [PATCH v28 02/12] LRNG - allocate one DRNG instance per NUMA node Stephan Müller
2020-01-15 10:32 ` [PATCH v28 03/12] LRNG - sysctls and /proc interface Stephan Müller
2020-01-15 10:32 ` [PATCH v28 04/12] LRNG - add switchable DRNG support Stephan Müller
2020-01-15 10:33 ` [PATCH v28 05/12] crypto: DRBG - externalize DRBG functions for LRNG Stephan Müller
2020-01-15 10:33 ` [PATCH v28 06/12] LRNG - add SP800-90A DRBG extension Stephan Müller
2020-01-16 0:14 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-16 6:55 ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-15 10:34 ` [PATCH v28 07/12] LRNG - add kernel crypto API PRNG extension Stephan Müller
2020-01-16 0:15 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-16 6:54 ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-15 10:34 ` [PATCH v28 08/12] crypto: provide access to a static Jitter RNG state Stephan Müller
2020-01-15 10:34 ` [PATCH v28 09/12] LRNG - add Jitter RNG fast noise source Stephan Müller
2020-01-16 0:17 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-16 6:51 ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-15 10:35 ` [PATCH v28 10/12] LRNG - add SP800-90B compliant health tests Stephan Müller
2020-01-15 10:35 ` [PATCH v28 11/12] LRNG - add interface for gathering of raw entropy Stephan Müller
2020-01-16 0:18 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-16 6:43 ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-16 6:48 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-01-16 6:52 ` Stephan Mueller
2020-01-15 10:36 ` [PATCH v28 12/12] LRNG - add power-on and runtime self-tests Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:12 ` [PATCH v29 00/12] /dev/random - a new approach with full SP800-90B Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:13 ` [PATCH v29 01/12] Linux Random Number Generator Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:13 ` [PATCH v29 02/12] LRNG - allocate one DRNG instance per NUMA node Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:14 ` [PATCH v29 03/12] LRNG - sysctls and /proc interface Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:14 ` [PATCH v29 04/12] LRNG - add switchable DRNG support Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:15 ` [PATCH v29 05/12] crypto: DRBG - externalize DRBG functions for LRNG Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:16 ` [PATCH v29 06/12] LRNG - add SP800-90A DRBG extension Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:16 ` [PATCH v29 07/12] LRNG - add kernel crypto API PRNG extension Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:17 ` [PATCH v29 08/12] crypto: provide access to a static Jitter RNG state Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:18 ` [PATCH v29 09/12] LRNG - add Jitter RNG fast noise source Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:18 ` [PATCH v29 10/12] LRNG - add SP800-90B compliant health tests Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:19 ` [PATCH v29 11/12] LRNG - add interface for gathering of raw entropy Stephan Müller
2020-01-19 21:20 ` [PATCH v29 12/12] LRNG - add power-on and runtime self-tests Stephan Müller
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