Re: [PATCH] random: Don't overwrite CRNG state in crng_initialize()
From: Stephan Müller <hidden>
Date: 2017-02-09 09:27:29
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Am Donnerstag, 9. Februar 2017, 02:04:32 CET schrieb Alden Tondettar: Hi Alden,
On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 07:47:25AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:quoted
On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 08:31:26PM -0700, Alden Tondettar wrote:quoted
In short, the situation is: A) No usable hardware RNG or arch_get_random() (or we don't trust it...)Wait, why would you not trust arch_get_random()? Is it broken somehow on some arches? If so, why not fix that as well?arch_get_random() makes use of RDRAND and similar CPU features. Some people do not wish to trust black-box RNG implementations.
Furthermore, this function is only implemented on x86. On other arches, it is a noop. Ciao Stephan