Re: [PATCH] KEYS: encrypted: Remove unnecessary selection of CRYPTO_RNG

[Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>]

On Sat, Apr 04, 2026 at 01:09:42PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 05:02:27PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 07:46:10PM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > > Hi Eric,
> > > 
> > > On Sat, 2026-03-21 at 15:42 -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > > > encrypted-keys uses the regular Linux RNG (get_random_bytes()), not the
> > > > duplicative crypto_rng one.  So it does not need to select CRYPTO_RNG.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
> > > 
> > > Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
> > > 
> > > > ---
> > > > 
> > > > This patch is targeting the keyrings tree
> > > 
> > > Not sure what you mean by targeting the keyrings tree. I can definitely queue
> > > it.
> > 
> > Last time I sent a patch for encrypted-keys, Jarkko took it.  If you'd
> > like to take it instead, that's fine with me.  As long as someone does
> > it.  Thanks,
> 
> Anyone planning to take this?  It's not in linux-next yet.

It has been holiday season but I applied it. Later today I'll update my
next branch.

> 
> - Eric

BR, Jarkko