linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] prandom32 changes for v5.10

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wi9Oe=NCG_S1X-rSFwkWe=vK7GYUHp22PFWa2W47WnzKA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:35:21 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Marc Plumb <lkml.mplumb@...il.com>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
        Amit Klein <aksecurity@...il.com>,
        George Spelvin <lkml@....org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] prandom32 changes for v5.10

On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 2:20 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
>
> While secure solutions are useful, I really wonder if
> "George Spelvin" is a real person.

It's not his real name, no, but he's a real person.

I do have his real name from years ago when I needed to confirm his
identity for sign-offs (I forget what for, I think it was some dcache
name hashing thing).

So I can confirm he's a real person who just wants to keep private,
and is competent when it comes to hashing and security.

                 Linus