linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings and fix race

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Message-ID: <CAHmME9qvPL+vdY16SgV2VzuDDyM4r+hkYy8yGG3LJaa-3igxfA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2017 01:54:05 +0200
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com>, tglx@...akpoint.cc,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings and fix race

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 1:38 AM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:
> The punch was in response to this statement, which I personally found
> fairly infuriating:
>
>>> I more or less agree with you that we should just turn this on for all
>>> users and they'll just have to live with the spam and report odd
>>> entries, and overtime we'll fix all the violations.

Holy cow, please cool it. I think the "or less" part was relevant, as
was the subsequent sentence which characterized that sentiment as
"hubris". Also, the subsequent email when I made explicit the fact
that I was more in agreement with you than you interpreted. So, in
case you're really really really not getting the message I'm trying to
make so explicitly clear to you: I AGREE WITH YOU. So, no more
punching, pretty please?

>
> There seems to be a fundamental misapprehension that it will be easy
> to "fix all the violations".

I don't think it will be easy. I agree with you.

> But for other
> platforms, it really, REALLY isn't that easy to fix.

Other platforms will be hard. I agree with you.

> So personally, I think

I'm going to roll Kees' suggestion into a PATCH and send it to you.
You can decide if you want to apply it. I'll be satisfied with
whatever you choose and will follow your lead.

Jason