linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] random: Make /dev/random wait for crng

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Date:   Fri, 15 Feb 2019 05:40:51 +0000
From:   Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@...mail.de>
To:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] random: Make /dev/random wait for crng_ready

On 2/15/19 2:47 AM, Bernd Edlinger wrote:
>  	while (1) {
> -		n = extract_entropy_user(&blocking_pool, buf, nbytes);
> +		n = crng_ready()
> +			?  extract_entropy_user(&blocking_pool, buf, nbytes)
> +			: 0;

Aehm, the whitespace after ? does not align with :, didn't see that before.

I wonder if it would be better style to use
 if (crng_ready())
      n = extract...;
 else
      n = 0;


Bernd.