Re: [PATCH] random: always use batched entropy for get_random_u{32,64}

[Jason A. Donenfeld]

Hi Ted,

On 2/22/20, Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> No, we can't; take a look at invalidate_batched_entropy(), where we
> need invalidate all of per-cpu batched entropy from a single CPU after
> we have initialized the the CRNG.
>
> Since most of the time after CRNG initialization, the spinlock for
> each CPU will be on that CPU's cacheline, the time to take and release
> the spinlock is not going to be material.

Ah, you're right. I hadn't looked in detail before, hence mentioning
"probably" and deferring to a new patch. Thanks for looking into it.

Regarding this patch here, can you apply the v2 that I posted to your
random.git tree?

Thanks,
Jason