Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] hwrng, virtio-rng: init-time fixes

[Amit Shah]

On (Mon) 14 Jul 2014 [20:50:06], Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 03:42:33PM +0530, Amit Shah wrote:
> > v3:
> >  - Kees Cook pointed out a weird side-effect: devices which have
> >    ->init() registered get their randomness added to the system each
> >    time they're switched in, but devices that don't have the init
> >    callback don't contribute to system randomness more than once.  The
> >    weirdness is resolved here by using the randomness each time
> >    hwrng_init() is attempted, irrespective of the existence of the
> >    device's ->init() callback.
> 
> All applied to crypto.  Thanks!

Thanks, Herbert.  I didn't mention it, but pls queue it up for 3.16.


		Amit
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