Re: [PATCH RFC v2 0/8] get_random_bytes_wait family of APIs

From	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH RFC v2 0/8] get_random_bytes_wait family of APIs
Date	2017-06-06 09:50 +0200
Message-ID	<tPhpw-5Na-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References	<tORbH-5WD-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <tP9V0-YA-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization	linux.* mail to news gateway

Show all headers | View raw

On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 01:47:25AM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> As this RFC series matures, all the changes are in this branch here, to look at:
> 
> https://git.zx2c4.com/linux-dev/log/?h=jd/rng-blocker
> 
> Ted -- there's one, in particular, that should probably be picked up
> regardless of the rest, and that's "random: invalidate batched entropy
> after crng init". Hopefully though, we can develop that in relation
> with the rest and make this a proper series.

If it's needed no matter what, can you make it the first patch in the
series?  And does it need to go to any older kernels as well?

thanks,

greg k-h

Thread

[PATCH RFC v2 0/8] get_random_bytes_wait family of APIs "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2017-06-05 05:50 +0200
  [PATCH RFC v2 1/8] random: add synchronous API for the urandom pool "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2017-06-05 05:50 +0200
  [PATCH RFC v2 8/8] ceph: ensure RNG is seeded before using "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2017-06-05 06:00 +0200
  [PATCH RFC v2 2/8] random: add get_random_{bytes,u32,u64,int,long,once}_wait family "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2017-06-05 06:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH RFC v2 0/8] get_random_bytes_wait family of APIs "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2017-06-06 01:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH RFC v2 0/8] get_random_bytes_wait family of APIs Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-06-06 09:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH RFC v2 0/8] get_random_bytes_wait family of APIs "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2017-06-06 14:30 +0200

csiph-web