From: Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@gmail.com>
To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 11/11] random: insist on random_get_entropy() existing in order to simplify
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2022 10:24:07 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACXcFmksd3cw+xa-c2gEdd4=96PO8GCCMF6q2d6JHnJum2LjiA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220419111650.1582274-12-Jason@zx2c4.com>
On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 6:37 AM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote:
>
> All platforms are now guaranteed to provide some value for
> random_get_entropy(). In case some bug leads to this not being so, we
> print a warning, ...
Would it make sense to test at compile time? If there is no hardware
RNG nor a cycle counter, then the kernel should be compiled with
the gcc latent entropy plugin. Generate a warning suggesting that,
or even an error insisting on it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-23 2:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-04-19 11:16 [PATCH v5 00/11] archs/random: fallback to best raw ktime when no cycle counter Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-04-19 11:16 ` [PATCH v5 01/11] timekeeping: add raw clock fallback for random_get_entropy() Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-04-19 11:16 ` [PATCH v5 02/11] m68k: use fallback for random_get_entropy() instead of zero Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-04-19 11:16 ` [PATCH v5 03/11] riscv: " Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-04-19 11:16 ` [PATCH v5 04/11] mips: use fallback for random_get_entropy() instead of just c0 random Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-04-21 19:25 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-04-21 20:01 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-04-21 21:05 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
2022-04-19 11:16 ` [PATCH v5 05/11] arm: use fallback for random_get_entropy() instead of zero Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-04-19 11:16 ` [PATCH v5 06/11] nios2: " Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-05-02 21:01 ` Dinh Nguyen
2022-04-19 11:16 ` [PATCH v5 07/11] x86: " Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-04-19 18:16 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-04-19 18:38 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-04-19 18:59 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-04-19 19:00 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-04-19 11:16 ` [PATCH v5 08/11] um: " Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-04-19 11:33 ` Johannes Berg
2022-04-19 11:37 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-04-19 11:16 ` [PATCH v5 09/11] sparc: " Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-04-19 11:16 ` [PATCH v5 10/11] xtensa: " Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-04-21 8:00 ` Max Filippov
2022-04-19 11:16 ` [PATCH v5 11/11] random: insist on random_get_entropy() existing in order to simplify Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-04-23 2:24 ` Sandy Harris [this message]
2022-04-23 10:00 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
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