linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v12 1/4] crypto: make Jitter RNG directly accessible

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Message-ID: <5020806.nso7MErEBx@positron.chronox.de>
Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:40:07 +0200
From:   Stephan Müller <smueller@...onox.de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <jason@...c4.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v12 1/4] crypto: make Jitter RNG directly accessible

Am Dienstag, 18. Juli 2017, 10:30:14 CEST schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:

Hi Greg,

> > +typedef	unsigned long long	__u64;
> > +typedef	long long		__s64;
> 
> types.h already has these defines, don't re-typedef them again...

The issue is that the C code is compiled without optimizations. Thus, the C 
code shall not depend on any other header file.

This issue was discussed during the inclusion of the Jitter RNG C code into 
the kernel.

Ciao
Stephan