linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v43 01/15] Linux Random Number Generator

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Message-ID: <3c22f7e433ad86424c3a7b171f7e0710afc644a2.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Sun, 21 Nov 2021 09:23:53 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Stephan Müller <smueller@...onox.de>,
        Tso Ted <tytso@....edu>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v43 01/15] Linux Random Number Generator

On Sun, 2021-11-21 at 17:40 +0100, Stephan Müller wrote:
> In an effort to provide a flexible implementation for a random number
> generator that also delivers entropy during early boot time, allows
> replacement of the deterministic random number generation mechanism,
> implement the various components in separate code for easier
> maintenance, and provide compliance to SP800-90[A|B|C], introduce
> the Linux Random Number Generator (LRNG) framework.
[]
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
[]
> @@ -10817,6 +10817,13 @@ F:	Documentation/litmus-tests/
>  F:	Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
>  F:	tools/memory-model/
>  
> +LINUX RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR (LRNG) DRIVER
> +M:	Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
> +S:	Maintained
> +W:	https://www.chronox.de/lrng.html
> +F:	drivers/char/lrng/*

Are you specifically intending _not_ to maintain any files in
any possible subdirectories of this directory?

If not, this should be

F:	drivers/char/lrng/

> +F:	include/linux/lrng.h
> +

Trivia and additionally: 

Maybe run the patch series through scripts/checkpatch.pl --strict and
see if you want to change anything.