linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] vsprintf: Add use-early-random-bytes cmd line option

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Date:   Wed, 02 May 2018 02:51:03 +0000
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     tcharding <me@...in.cc>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] vsprintf: Add use-early-random-bytes cmd line option

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 6:45 PM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> Except for where hardware vendors control what random bytes you
> actually get ;-)

In which case you should just use "nordrand" and be done with it.

.. and you might also want to reconsider your other life choices, because
honestly, there are bigger problems you should worry about.

                Linus