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From: Stephen Warren <swarren-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
To: Linus Walleij
	<linus.walleij-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	Varun Wadekar <vwadekar-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-crypto-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	Herbert Xu
	<herbert-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org,
	Neil Horman <nhorman-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-tegra-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: tegra: use kernel entropy instead of ad-hoc
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 10:02:04 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <522DF0FC.5080200@wwwdotorg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1378712154-30602-1-git-send-email-linus.walleij-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>

On 09/09/2013 01:35 AM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> The way I read the Tegra AES RNG is that it has a homebrew
> algorithm for initializing the 128bit RNG using timespec and
> the unique chip ID. This looks like reinventing the (square)
> wheel, instead just grab 128bits from the kernel entropy pool
> where the time and (after another patch) chip unique ID is
> already mixed in.
> 
> Incidentally this also gets rid of a rather ugly
> cross-dependence on the machine using an extern declaration.

This sounds reasonable to me, although I know little about the driver.
Varun, can you please comment?

Acked-by: Stephen Warren <swarren-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

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From: swarren@wwwdotorg.org (Stephen Warren)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] crypto: tegra: use kernel entropy instead of ad-hoc
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 10:02:04 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <522DF0FC.5080200@wwwdotorg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1378712154-30602-1-git-send-email-linus.walleij@linaro.org>

On 09/09/2013 01:35 AM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> The way I read the Tegra AES RNG is that it has a homebrew
> algorithm for initializing the 128bit RNG using timespec and
> the unique chip ID. This looks like reinventing the (square)
> wheel, instead just grab 128bits from the kernel entropy pool
> where the time and (after another patch) chip unique ID is
> already mixed in.
> 
> Incidentally this also gets rid of a rather ugly
> cross-dependence on the machine using an extern declaration.

This sounds reasonable to me, although I know little about the driver.
Varun, can you please comment?

Acked-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com>

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-09-09 16:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-09  7:35 [PATCH] crypto: tegra: use kernel entropy instead of ad-hoc Linus Walleij
2013-09-09  7:35 ` Linus Walleij
     [not found] ` <1378712154-30602-1-git-send-email-linus.walleij-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-09-09 16:02   ` Stephen Warren [this message]
2013-09-09 16:02     ` Stephen Warren
2013-09-13 12:23     ` Herbert Xu
     [not found]       ` <20130913122318.GD8579-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-09-13 16:12         ` Stephen Warren
2013-09-13 16:12           ` Stephen Warren
     [not found]           ` <52333974.4040404-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-09-13 23:39             ` Herbert Xu
     [not found]               ` <20130913233912.GA16389-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-09-16 15:28                 ` Stephen Warren
2013-09-16 15:28                   ` Stephen Warren

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