Re: [PATCH] random: use hwgenerator randomness more frequently at early boot

From: Jason A. Donenfeld
Date: Wed Sep 07 2022 - 09:02:52 EST


Hi Dominik,

On Sun, Sep 04, 2022 at 12:17:53PM +0200, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> Mix in randomness from hw-rng sources more frequently during early
> boot, approximately once for every rng reseed.

Nice idea.

> Jason, if you prefer that this patch can be applied first (as it
> makes sense also independently of the other patch), this ordering
> should be trivial to change.

I'll apply this patch first, yea, since it's independent.

> -static bool crng_has_old_seed(void)
> +static unsigned int crng_interval(void)

crng_reseed_interval() instead?

Jason