From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 0/8] get_random_bytes_wait family of APIs
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 09:45:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170606074552.GA10432@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHmME9oXmZD2X8hSicVgAZRbaoBNUwRK-16Ekz2JAkNcZE+_dg@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 01:47:25AM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> As this RFC series matures, all the changes are in this branch here, to look at:
>
> https://git.zx2c4.com/linux-dev/log/?h=jd/rng-blocker
>
> Ted -- there's one, in particular, that should probably be picked up
> regardless of the rest, and that's "random: invalidate batched entropy
> after crng init". Hopefully though, we can develop that in relation
> with the rest and make this a proper series.
If it's needed no matter what, can you make it the first patch in the
series? And does it need to go to any older kernels as well?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-06 7:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-05 3:47 [PATCH RFC v2 0/8] get_random_bytes_wait family of APIs Jason A. Donenfeld
2017-06-05 3:47 ` [PATCH RFC v2 1/8] random: add synchronous API for the urandom pool Jason A. Donenfeld
2017-06-05 3:47 ` [PATCH RFC v2 2/8] random: add get_random_{bytes,u32,u64,int,long,once}_wait family Jason A. Donenfeld
2017-06-05 3:47 ` [PATCH RFC v2 3/8] random: warn when kernel uses unseeded randomness Jason A. Donenfeld
2017-06-05 3:47 ` [PATCH RFC v2 4/8] crypto/rng: ensure that the RNG is ready before using Jason A. Donenfeld
2017-06-05 3:47 ` [PATCH RFC v2 5/8] security/keys: ensure RNG is seeded before use Jason A. Donenfeld
2017-06-05 23:18 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2017-06-05 3:47 ` [PATCH RFC v2 6/8] iscsi: " Jason A. Donenfeld
2017-06-05 3:47 ` [PATCH RFC v2 7/8] bluetooth/smp: ensure RNG is properly seeded before ECDH use Jason A. Donenfeld
2017-06-05 3:47 ` [PATCH RFC v2 8/8] ceph: ensure RNG is seeded before using Jason A. Donenfeld
2017-06-05 23:47 ` [PATCH RFC v2 0/8] get_random_bytes_wait family of APIs Jason A. Donenfeld
2017-06-06 7:45 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2017-06-06 12:24 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
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