linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v12 3/4] Linux Random Number Generator

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Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:45:12 +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 3/4] Linux Random Number Generator

Am Dienstag, 18. Juli 2017, 10:32:10 CEST schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:

Hi Greg,

> external references do not last as long as the kernel change log does :(

What would be the best way to cite a 50+ page document? I got a suggestion to 
include the ASCII version of the document into Documentation/ -- but for the 
first inclusion request, I was not sure whether to add such large document.
> 
> Also a "wholesale" replacement of random.c is a major thing, why not
> just submit patches to fix it up to add the needed changes you feel are
> necessary?  We don't like to have major changes like this, that's not
> how kernel development is done.

I have to admit that I tried that over the last years. I sent numerous small 
cleanup patches (not changing any logic) and larger patches (with logic 
changes). Even after pinging, I hardly got a response to any of my patches, 
let alone that patches were accepted.

I have stated the core concerns I have with random.c in [1]. To remedy these 
core concerns, major changes to random.c are needed. With the past experience, 
I would doubt that I get the changes into random.c.

[1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-crypto/msg26316.html

Ciao
Stephan