linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/7] random: rather than entropy

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Date:   Sun, 16 Jan 2022 14:24:59 +0100
From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] random: rather than entropy_store abstraction, use
 global

> -static void __mix_pool_bytes(struct entropy_store *r, const void *in,
> -			     int nbytes)
> +static void __mix_pool_bytes(const void *in, int nbytes)
>  {
> -	trace_mix_pool_bytes_nolock(r->name, nbytes, _RET_IP_);
> -	_mix_pool_bytes(r, in, nbytes);
> +	trace_mix_pool_bytes_nolock(nbytes, _RET_IP_);
> +	_mix_pool_bytes(in, nbytes);

Can the parameters of these tracepoints be modified, or does this break
any part of our API?

I haven't looked at the tracepoint bits in detail; otherwise, the changes
look good:

	Reviewed-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net> # random.c only

Thanks,
	Dominik