linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: add optional continuous repetition test to entropy store based rngs

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Message-ID: <20090605003006.GA5236@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 5 Jun 2009 10:30:06 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Cc:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: add optional continuous repetition test to
	entropy store based rngs

On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 08:04:56PM -0400, Neil Horman wrote:
>
> Not sure what to do about this.  The intent is to provide the external reference
> to the fips_enabled flag (which is either defined as an extern in or #defined to
> 0 dependent on CONFIG_CRYPTO_FIPS).  I can cut'n'paste the code block from the
> include file and put it in here, but that seems like a worse solution to me.
> Let me know your thoughts, and I can change this accordingly.

You can put the fips flag into its own header file, e.g., linux/fips.h.

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