linux-kernel - Re: [BUG/PATCH] kernel RNG and its secrets

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Message-ID: <2604864.n87lBBrmsR@tauon>
Date:	Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:50:22 +0200
From:	Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
To:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Cc:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
	mancha <mancha1@...o.com>, tytso@....edu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, dborkman@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [BUG/PATCH] kernel RNG and its secrets

Am Freitag, 10. April 2015, 16:46:04 schrieb Daniel Borkmann:

Hi Daniel,

>On 04/10/2015 04:36 PM, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>> Am Freitag, 10. April 2015, 16:26:00 schrieb Hannes Frederic Sowa:
>...
>
>>> I suspected a problem in how volatile with non-present output args could
>>> be different, but this seems not to be the case.
>>> 
>>> I would contact llvm/clang mailing list and ask. Maybe there is a
>>> problem? It seems kind of strange to me...
>
>+1
>
>> Do you really think this is a compiler issue?
>
>If clang/LLVM advertises "GCC compatibility", then this would
>certainly be a different behavior.

As you wish. I will contact the clang folks. As the proposed fix is not super 
urgend, I think we can leave it until I got word from clang.

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Ciao
Stephan
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