linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hw_random: Remove check for max less than 4 bytes

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20160831151852.GE28366@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Wed, 31 Aug 2016 23:18:52 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     PrasannaKumar Muralidharan <prasannatsmkumar@...il.com>
Cc:     mpm@...enic.com, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hw_random: Remove check for max less than 4 bytes

On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 12:02:04AM +0530, PrasannaKumar Muralidharan wrote:
> HW RNG core never asks for data less than 4 bytes. The check whether max
> is less than 4 bytes is unnecessary. Remove the check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: PrasannaKumar Muralidharan <prasannatsmkumar@...il.com>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
-- 
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt