linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] drivers/char/random: Split out __get_random

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Date:	Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:03:56 -0500
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com>
Cc:	penberg@...helsinki.fi, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] drivers/char/random: Split out __get_random_int

On Sun, 2011-03-13 at 20:57 -0400, George Spelvin wrote:
> The unlocked function is needed for following work.
> No API change.

As I mentioned last time this code was discussed, we're already one
crypto-savvy attacker away from this code becoming a security hole. 
We really need to give it a serious rethink before we make it look
anything like a general-use API. 

And you've got it backwards here: __ should be the unlocked, dangerous
version. But the locked version already has a __ because it's already
dangerous.

-- 
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.

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