From: "George Spelvin" <linux@sciencehorizons.net>
To: Jason@zx2c4.com, linux@sciencehorizons.net
Cc: ak@linux.intel.com, davem@davemloft.net, David.Laight@aculab.com,
djb@cr.yp.to, ebiggers3@gmail.com, hannes@stressinduktion.org,
jeanphilippe.aumasson@gmail.com,
kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
luto@amacapital.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, tom@herbertland.com,
torvalds@linux-foundation.org, tytso@mit.edu,
vegard.nossum@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/4] siphash: add cryptographically secure PRF
Date: 16 Dec 2016 21:15:03 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161217021503.32767.qmail@ns.sciencehorizons.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHmME9r4YNqNSZ-KXAHtJN_vm+eL1tSoC-6muHaFUN6fWhkO2g@mail.gmail.com>
> I already did this. Check my branch.
Do you think it should return "u32" (as you currently have it) or
"unsigned long"? I thought the latter, since it doesn't cost any
more and makes more
> I wonder if this could also lead to a similar aliasing
> with arch_get_random_int, since I'm pretty sure all rdrand-like
> instructions return native word size anyway.
Well, Intel's can return 16, 32 or 64 bits, and it makes a
small difference with reseed scheduling.
>> - Ted, Andy Lutorminski and I will try to figure out a construction of
>> get_random_long() that we all like.
> And me, I hope... No need to make this exclusive.
Gaah, engage brain before fingers. That was so obvious I didn't say
it, and the result came out sounding extremely rude.
A better (but longer) way to write it would be "I'm sorry that I, Ted,
and Andy are all arguing with you and each other about how to do this
and we can't finalize this part yet".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-17 2:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <CAGiyFdfmiCMyHvAg=5sGh8KjBBrF0Wb4Qf=JLzJqUAx4yFSS3Q@mail.gmail.com>
2016-12-15 23:28 ` [PATCH v5 1/4] siphash: add cryptographically secure PRF George Spelvin
2016-12-16 17:06 ` David Laight
2016-12-16 17:09 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2016-12-16 3:46 ` George Spelvin
[not found] ` <CAGiyFdd6_LVzUUfFcaqMyub1c2WPvWUzAQDCH+Aza-_t6mvmXg@mail.gmail.com>
2016-12-16 12:39 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2016-12-16 19:47 ` Tom Herbert
2016-12-16 20:41 ` George Spelvin
2016-12-16 20:57 ` Tom Herbert
2016-12-16 20:44 ` [kernel-hardening] " Daniel Micay
2016-12-16 21:09 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2016-12-17 15:21 ` George Spelvin
2016-12-19 14:14 ` David Laight
2016-12-19 18:10 ` George Spelvin
[not found] ` <CAGiyFddB_HT3H2yhYQ5rprYZ487rJ4iCaH9uPJQD57hiPbn9ng@mail.gmail.com>
2016-12-16 15:51 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2016-12-16 17:36 ` George Spelvin
2016-12-16 18:00 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2016-12-16 20:17 ` George Spelvin
2016-12-16 20:43 ` Theodore Ts'o
2016-12-16 22:13 ` George Spelvin
2016-12-16 22:15 ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-12-16 22:18 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2016-12-16 23:44 ` George Spelvin
2016-12-17 1:39 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2016-12-17 2:15 ` George Spelvin [this message]
2016-12-17 15:41 ` [kernel-hardening] " Theodore Ts'o
2016-12-17 16:14 ` Jeffrey Walton
2016-12-19 17:21 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2016-12-17 12:42 ` George Spelvin
2016-12-16 20:39 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2016-12-16 20:49 Jason A. Donenfeld
2016-12-16 21:25 ` George Spelvin
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2016-12-16 20:43 Jason A. Donenfeld
2016-12-15 20:29 [PATCH v5 0/4] The SipHash Patchset Jason A. Donenfeld
2016-12-15 20:30 ` [PATCH v5 1/4] siphash: add cryptographically secure PRF Jason A. Donenfeld
2016-12-15 22:42 ` George Spelvin
2016-12-16 2:14 ` kbuild test robot
2016-12-17 14:55 ` Jeffrey Walton
2016-12-19 17:08 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
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