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Re: [PATCH resend 4.9] hw_random: Don't use a stack buffer in add_early_randomness()

From Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH resend 4.9] hw_random: Don't use a stack buffer in add_early_randomness()
Date 2016-10-17 23:20 +0200
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Am Montag, 17. Oktober 2016, 14:03:17 CEST schrieb Andy Lutomirski:

Hi Andy,

> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> 
wrote:
> > Am Montag, 17. Oktober 2016, 10:30:13 CEST schrieb Andy Lutomirski:
> > 
> > Hi Andy,
> > 
> >> Sure, but shouldn't that be a separate patch covering the whole hw_crypto
> >> core?
> > 
> > I think that you are right -- there are many more cases where a memset(0)
> > is warranted.
> > 
> > Do you want to make this change or should I send a patch?
> 
> Can you do it?  I have my work cut out for me making sure that all the
> known regressions get stomped quickly...

Sure, will do.

Thanks.

Ciao
Stephan

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[PATCH resend 4.9] hw_random: Don't use a stack buffer in add_early_randomness() Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-10-17 19:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH resend 4.9] hw_random: Don't use a stack buffer in add_early_randomness() Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-10-17 19:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH resend 4.9] hw_random: Don't use a stack buffer in add_early_randomness() Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-10-17 19:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH resend 4.9] hw_random: Don't use a stack buffer in add_early_randomness() Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-10-17 20:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH resend 4.9] hw_random: Don't use a stack buffer in add_early_randomness() Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-10-17 23:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH resend 4.9] hw_random: Don't use a stack buffer in add_early_randomness() Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de> - 2016-10-17 23:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH resend 4.9] hw_random: Don't use a stack buffer in  add_early_randomness() Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2016-10-19 06:00 +0200

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