Re: [PATCH v3 02/13] random: add get_random_{bytes,u32,u64,int,long,once}_wait family
From: Jason A. Donenfeld
Date: Tue Jun 06 2017 - 08:22:01 EST
On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 7:11 AM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> These functions are simple convenience wrappers that call
>> wait_for_random_bytes before calling the respective get_random_*
>> function.
>
> It may be advantageous to add a timeout, too.
This was in v1, but was removed because of a lack of particular use
case in this context.