linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 2/4] random: Return nbytes filled from hw RNG

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Message-ID: <20180612214242.GB4528@eros>
Date:   Wed, 13 Jun 2018 07:42:42 +1000
From:   "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/4] random: Return nbytes filled from hw RNG

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 11:39:56AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:.
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 3:39 AM, Tobin C. Harding <me@...in.cc> wrote:
> > Currently the function get_random_bytes_arch() has return value 'void'.
> > If the hw RNG fails we currently fall back to using get_random_bytes().
> > This defeats the purpose of requesting random material from the hw RNG
> > in the first place.
> 
> > -               int chunk = min(nbytes, (int)sizeof(unsigned long));
> > +               int chunk = min_t(int, left, (int)sizeof(unsigned long));
> 
> Isn't this (int) implied when you use min_t(int, ...) ?

thanks Andy, will spin another version.

	Tobin