linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] random: use chacha20 for get_random

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Date:   Sun, 22 Jan 2017 17:28:42 -0500
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] random: use chacha20 for get_random_int/long

On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 04:20:04PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > The core stuff is not in the networking tree. This is nothing to do
> > with the networking tree in any way at all. There might be some
> > confusion because the initial discussions came from the siphash stuff,
> > which is in the networking tree, but Ted and I choose a different
> > route, going with chacha instead of siphash. So this is 0%
> > network-related.
> 
> Sorry, you are correct, I am confused here.
> 
> > > Ted, any objection to that?
> > 
> > Seems like either you pull or Ted pulls it.
> 
> Can you repost these?  They are gone from my patch queue.
> 
> Ted, any objection for me to take these?

If there are other changes to the relevant lines from the networking
tree, sure.  Otherwise, I was planning on taking them, since I've got
some other changes to drivers/char/random.c I was planning on sending
through the next merge window anyway.

I don't think there will be any merge difficulties, but it's simpler
if all of the changes to a particular file is going through one tree.
But if you really want to take it, I'm not going to object any more
than expressing a preference to do it the other way.

Cheers,

						- Ted