linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] m68k updates for 3.16 (take 2)

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdXAaVkNTikKcSY5oOHGD=M3cYTLObXb5Hx7V0wHgSe+iA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 13 Jul 2014 20:16:35 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Linux/m68k" <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [git pull] m68k updates for 3.16 (take 2)

Hi Christoph,

On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 11:08:07AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>       m68k: Fix boot regression on machines with RAM at non-zero
>>       m68k: Export mach_random_get_entropy to modules
>
> What modular user of random_get_entropy is this for?  Can't find one in
> the current tree, and I don't really think this is something that should
> be exported either.

The second to last chunk of "crypto: drbg - Mix a time stamp into DRBG state"
calls random_get_entropy(), cfr.

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=27e4de2bd1804c24e3e517dd54026c1f60e8fe27

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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