Re: [PATCH] random: do not use jump labels before they are initialized

[Jason A. Donenfeld]

Hi Ard,

On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 01:10:52PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Fair enough. What I would like is to remove the need to play around
> with the placement of jump_label_init() across architectures. Jump
> labels are fundamentally a performance optimization, so unless you can
> explain how setting it as early as possible makes a material
> difference, performance or otherwise, I really think we should pursue
> a solution that does the static key manipulation at some later time.

Alright. It sounds like Catalin also prefers the same. This seems simple
enough with minimal downsides: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220607113238.769088-1-Jason@xxxxxxxxx/

So maybe we should just go that route.

Jason