Thread (12 messages) 12 messages, 4 authors, 2022-10-09

Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] treewide cleanup of random integer usage

From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Date: 2022-10-09 14:18:13
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On Sat, Oct 08, 2022 at 08:41:14PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
On Fri, Oct 07, 2022 at 11:53:52PM -0600, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
quoted
This is a five part treewide cleanup of random integer handling. The
rules for random integers are:
Reviewing the delta between of my .cocci rules and your v5, everything
matches, except for get_random_int() conversions for files not in
your tree:
[...]
So, I guess I mean to say that "prandom: remove unused functions" is
going to cause some pain. :) Perhaps don't push that to -next, and do a
final pass next merge window to catch any new stuff, and then send those
updates and the removal before -rc1 closes?
Ooof. Actually I think what I'll do is include a suggested diff for the
merge commit that fixes up the remaining two thankfully trivial cases.

Jason
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