Re: [PATCH 2/2] random: move initialization out of reseeding hot path

[Jason A. Donenfeld]

Hi Dominik,

On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 08:24:19AM +0200, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> > -	if (!crng_ready()) {
> > -		crng_init = CRNG_READY;
> > -		finalize_init = true;
> > -	}
> > +	crng_init = CRNG_READY;
> 
> Why unconditionally

To avoid a useless branch.


> (you revert that bit in the static branch patch and make
> it conditional again; so I see no reason for that here)?

With the static branch patch, I can totally remove the branch and the
store all together, so we get the best of both worlds.

Jason