Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] crypto: add template handling for RNGs

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 3:14 AM, Herbert Xu [off-list ref] wrote:

Stephan Mueller [off-list ref] wrote:

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This patch adds the ability to register templates for RNGs. RNGs are
"meta" mechanisms using raw cipher primitives. Thus, RNGs can now be
implemented as templates to allow the complete flexibility the kernel
crypto API provides.

I do not see why this might be desirable, let alone necessary.
Security-critical code should be kept as simple as possible.
Don't we need just one good RNG?