linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: jitterentropy

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Date:	Tue, 23 Jun 2015 20:15:05 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
Cc:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Peter Zijlstra 
	<public-peterz-wegcikhe2lqwvfeawa7xhq@...ne.gmane.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	Jim Davis <jim.epost@...il.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Linux-Next <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, Waiman Long <waiman.long@...com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: jitterentropy - avoid compiler warnings

Hi Stephan,

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 4:18 PM, Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de> wrote:
> may I ask that you check that the following patch compiles without errors or warnings on your systems?
>
> Though, when I test that patch with the AVR32 cross compiler, I get a warning about the code being not relaxable.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> ---8<---
> The core of the Jitter RNG is intended to be compiled with -O0. To
> ensure that the Jitter RNG can be compiled on all architectures,
> separate out the RNG core into a stand-alone C file that can be compiled
> with -O0 which does not depend on any kernel include file.
>
> As no kernel includes can be used in the C file implementing the core
> RNG, any dependencies on kernel code must be extracted.
>
> A second file provides the link to the kernel and the kernel crypto API
> that can be compiled with the regular compile options of the kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>

Thanks, the warnings I saw before with m68k-linux-gnu-gcc-4.1.2
are gone.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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