From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Laurent Vivier <laurent@vivier.eu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] m68k: generate new RNG seed on reboot
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2022 15:09:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YzL2AXQeVC4XvPPf@zx2c4.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHmME9qLcfT5Mjw1cudhA-zGaLUubkPCTF7trw1ek40==BwumQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 03:13:01PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Hi Geert,
>
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 1:38 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote:
> >
> > Rather than rebooting into a system with no entropy, regenerate the RNG
> > seed before rebooting, so that the new system has a fresh seed.
> >
> > Fixes: a1ee38ab1a75 ("m68k: virt: Use RNG seed from bootinfo block")
> > Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
>
> Laurent made a compelling case *against* this approach. So feel free
> to drop this 3/3 patch. However, 1/3 and 2/3 should still be
> committed.
For Geert's ease, I'll send a v5 with 3/3 dropped.
Jason
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-27 13:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-26 11:37 [PATCH v4 1/3] m68k: process bootinfo records before saving them Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-09-26 11:37 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] m68k: rework BI_VIRT_RNG_SEED as BI_RNG_SEED Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-09-26 11:37 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] m68k: generate new RNG seed on reboot Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-09-26 13:13 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-09-27 13:09 ` Jason A. Donenfeld [this message]
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