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

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Message-ID: <20170718084959.GA25267@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:49:59 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Stephan Müller <smueller@...onox.de>
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

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 10:40:07AM +0200, Stephan Müller wrote:
> 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.

That is very strange for a kernel file, I don't know what to say...

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

Ok, that was then, this is now, why not change it now?  How does
including types.h change anything?

thanks,

greg k-h