linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resend 4.9] hw_random: Don't use a stack buffer in add_early

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Message-ID: <1709183.xhj4cRUFK9@tauon.atsec.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 Oct 2016 20:36:16 +0200
From:   Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Matt Mullins <mmullins@...x.us>
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend 4.9] hw_random: Don't use a stack buffer in add_early_randomness()

Am Montag, 17. Oktober 2016, 10:30:13 CEST schrieb Andy Lutomirski:

Hi Andy,
> 
> Sure, but shouldn't that be a separate patch covering the whole hw_crypto
> core?

I think that you are right -- there are many more cases where a memset(0) is 
warranted.

Do you want to make this change or should I send a patch?

Ciao
Stephan