Re: [PATCH v10 1/4] random: add vgetrandom_alloc() syscall

[Jason A. Donenfeld]

On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 10:39:38PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > struct vgetrandom_state {
> > 	union {
> > 		struct {
> > 			u8	batch[CHACHA_BLOCK_SIZE * 3 / 2];
> > 			u32	key[CHACHA_KEY_SIZE / sizeof(u32)];
> > 		};
> > 		u8	batch_key[CHACHA_BLOCK_SIZE * 2];
> > 	};
> > 	unsigned long	generation;
> > 	u8		pos;
> > 	bool		in_use;
> > };
> > 
> > Plus some kernel doc which explains what this is about.
> 
> That structure looks horrid - especially for something shared
> between entities.
> The 'unsigned long' should be either u32 or u64.

This struct isn't shared. It's used only by user mode code.
There may well be other issues with that long, though.

Jason