linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] random: replace non-blocking pool with a Chacha20-based CRNG

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Message-ID: <4289ee97-9868-65b8-46cb-9d354f2d9555@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 4 May 2016 13:53:10 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	tytso@....edu, noloader@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, andi@...stfloor.org,
	Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@...il.com>,
	cryptography@...edaemon.net, jsd@...n.com,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] random: replace non-blocking pool with a
 Chacha20-based CRNG

On 05/04/2016 12:07 PM, tytso@...nk.org wrote:
> 
> If we are all agreed that what is in bitops.h is considered valid,
> then we can start converting people over to using the version defined
> in bitops.h, and if there is some compiler issue we need to work
> around, at least we only need to put the workaround in a single header
> file.
> 

Yes, please.

	-hpa