linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] extract early boot entropy from the passed cmdline

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Date:   Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:57:07 -0400
From:   Daniel Micay <danielmicay@...il.com>
To:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] extract early boot entropy from the passed cmdline

> I did say 'external attacker' but it could be made clearer.

Er, s/say/mean to imply/

I do think it will have some local value after Android 8 which should
start shipping in a few days though.

I'll look into having the kernel stash some entropy in pstore soon since
that seems like it could be a great improvement. I'm not sure how often
/ where it should hook into for regularly refreshing it though. Doing it
only on powering down isn't ideal.