linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] security/keys: make BIG

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Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2016 12:37:31 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Artem Savkov <asavkov@...hat.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Kirill Marinushkin <k.marinushkin@...il.com>,
        paul.gortmaker@...driver.com, james.l.morris@...cle.com,
        keyrings@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] security/keys: make BIG_KEYS dependent on stdrng.

Artem Savkov <asavkov@...hat.com> wrote:

> > Which suggested patch?  One of Kirill's (there are at least two) or yours?
> 
> I suggest mine, since it is more flexible.

Fine by me.

> > Note that we *also* need the "KEYS: Sort out big_key initialisation" patch -
> > just changing the Kconfig is not sufficient a fix in and of itself.
> 
> Right, I see it also changes the Kconfig

No, it doesn't.  It only changes big_key.c

David