Re: deconflicting new syscall numbers for 6.11

Linus Torvalds
2024-07-04T19:19:38Z

On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 at 11:57, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote:
>
> I really do not want to expose random.c internals, and then deal with
> the consequences of breaking user code that relied on that. The fake
> entropy count API was already a nightmare to move away from. And I
> think there's tremendous value in letting users use the kernel's
> *exact algorithm*, whatever it happens to be, without syscall
> overhead. Plus, this means further proliferation of bad userspace
> RNGs. So I think the deal is a bad one.

Bah. I guess I'll have to walk through the patch series once again.

I'm still not thrilled about it. But I'll give it another go.

Linus