From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE4E7C4363D for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:21:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F32B23A1B for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:21:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1600791693; bh=pCDMKkJqYt2tgKBzY7siELuMz/N2bEJBG7ZD5DoMia4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=TXmECf2pEHSjC+g8jJOoTO1ieuAuQct6w/PAoSs9U8q+0Iq5dVFndFIlxhZcdM6RG ZjccnlSssJ2gNZWqSuHyRW1zzGOzAhBe+ihbi5Oc18jVnutNw9stlVL+tzUC/Krny/ QOwZz5GUJaEKBtkyyUF7nxxWT+ZIjBDnozobEKLg= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726632AbgIVQVd (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:21:33 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:50472 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726631AbgIVQVc (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:21:32 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-74-64.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.74.64]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 39B122086A; Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:21:31 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1600791692; bh=pCDMKkJqYt2tgKBzY7siELuMz/N2bEJBG7ZD5DoMia4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=SD/Fq8G01kIWmssW/Tx1ZkLlppmVPXOOe8LspTTe6Bqx5dabfY1Sip3sLdq4eCAbB UXp7P7S16ejf2T/iX0qDiL9amWOlx7njX/jv8VQfw8vvpEwCSAOKoygt0GNj7fCAhF N7sNRc1UlWirpo+M0DSgOT4pr7wEGSthGjztlNng= Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 18:21:52 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Torsten Duwe Cc: Stephan Mueller , "Theodore Y. Ts'o" , Nicolai Stange , linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, LKML , Arnd Bergmann , "Eric W. Biederman" , "Alexander E. Patrakov" , "Ahmed S. Darwish" , Willy Tarreau , Matthew Garrett , Vito Caputo , Andreas Dilger , Jan Kara , Ray Strode , William Jon McCann , zhangjs , Andy Lutomirski , Florian Weimer , Lennart Poettering , Peter Matthias , Marcelo Henrique Cerri , Roman Drahtmueller , Neil Horman , Randy Dunlap , Julia Lawall , Dan Carpenter , Andy Lavr , Eric Biggers , "Jason A. Donenfeld" , Petr Tesarik Subject: Re: [DISCUSSION PATCH 00/41] random: possible ways towards NIST SP800-90B compliance Message-ID: <20200922162152.GB2299429@kroah.com> References: <20200921075857.4424-1-nstange@suse.de> <8618155.4vTCxPXJkl@tauon.chronox.de> <20200922132344.GA2728@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200922132344.GA2728@lst.de> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 03:23:44PM +0200, Torsten Duwe wrote: > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 10:40:37AM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote: > > Am Montag, 21. September 2020, 09:58:16 CEST schrieb Nicolai Stange: > > > > > - people dislike the approach of having two competing implementations for > > > what is basically the same functionality in the kernel. > > > > Is this really so bad considering the security implications on this topic? We > > also have multiple file systems, multiple memory allocators, etc... > > Exactly. I thought Linux was about the freedom of choice. http://www.islinuxaboutchoice.com/ :)