From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-abi@vger.kernel.org,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, beck@openbsd.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC] random: introduce getrandom(2) system call
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 13:06:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140720170635.GF5017@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871ttg3u8h.fsf@tassilo.jf.intel.com>
On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 08:50:06AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> writes:
> >
> > #undef __NR_syscalls
> > -#define __NR_syscalls 277
> > +#define __NR_syscalls 278
>
> You need to add the syscall to kernel/sys_ni.c too, otherwise it will be
> impossible to build without random device.
The random device is not optional; it is alaways guaranteed to be
present. From drivers/char/Makefile:
obj-y += mem.o random.o
Cheers,
- Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-20 17:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-17 9:18 [PATCH, RFC] random: introduce getrandom(2) system call Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-17 10:57 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-07-17 12:52 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-17 13:15 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-07-17 12:09 ` Tobias Klauser
2014-07-17 12:52 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-17 16:12 ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-07-17 17:01 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-17 17:05 ` Bob Beck
2014-07-17 17:34 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-17 17:45 ` Bob Beck
2014-07-17 17:46 ` Bob Beck
2014-07-17 17:57 ` Bob Beck
2014-07-17 22:30 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-17 19:56 ` Bob Beck
[not found] ` <CAComcpObt4y--GEuAZgzkaDWnrJYBKhwsvqjOkdiXU_yGnV2Tg@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <CAComcpObt4y--GEuAZgzkaDWnrJYBKhwsvqjOkdiXU_yGnV2Tg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-17 20:43 ` Theodore Ts'o
[not found] ` <20140717204340.GS1491-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-17 21:44 ` Zach Brown
[not found] ` <20140717214450.GE24196-fypN+1c5dIyjpB87vu3CluTW4wlIGRCZ@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-17 22:00 ` Andy Lutomirski
[not found] ` <CALCETrVC2SVC2BwintZ7P5MvwDO4z0VBe0svpWhVhx7Xgfoeag-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-17 22:27 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-21 0:25 ` Dwayne Litzenberger
2014-07-21 7:18 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-17 19:31 ` Greg KH
2014-07-17 19:33 ` Greg KH
2014-07-17 19:48 ` Zach Brown
[not found] ` <20140717194812.GC24196-fypN+1c5dIyjpB87vu3CluTW4wlIGRCZ@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-17 20:54 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-17 20:54 ` Theodore Ts'o
[not found] ` <20140717205417.GT1491-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-17 21:39 ` Zach Brown
2014-07-17 21:39 ` Zach Brown
2014-07-17 20:27 ` Andy Lutomirski
[not found] ` <53C8319A.8090108-kltTT9wpgjJwATOyAt5JVQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-17 21:14 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-17 21:14 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-18 16:36 ` Rolf Eike Beer
2014-07-20 15:50 ` Andi Kleen
2014-07-20 17:06 ` Theodore Ts'o [this message]
2014-07-20 17:27 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-07-20 17:41 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-21 6:18 ` Dwayne Litzenberger
2014-07-23 8:42 ` Manuel Schölling
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-07-17 18:48 Mark Kettenis
2014-07-17 20:35 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-07-17 21:28 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-17 21:37 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-07-17 22:21 ` David Lang
2014-07-20 16:26 George Spelvin
2014-07-20 17:03 ` George Spelvin
2014-07-20 21:32 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-07-21 11:21 ` George Spelvin
2014-07-21 15:27 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-07-22 1:02 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-07-22 4:44 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-22 9:49 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-07-22 22:59 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-23 9:47 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-07-23 11:52 ` George Spelvin
2014-07-23 12:10 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-07-30 12:50 ` Pavel Machek
2014-07-20 17:24 ` Theodore Ts'o
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