linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] random: access input_pool_data directly rather than through pointer

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Message-ID: <YeWoHwNA5j6cvVBl@owl.dominikbrodowski.net>
Date:   Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:32:15 +0100
From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] random: access input_pool_data directly rather than
 through pointer

Am Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 05:35:46PM +0100 schrieb Jason A. Donenfeld:
> This gets rid of another abstraction we no longer need. It would be nice
> if we could instead make pool an array rather than a pointer, but the
> latent entropy plugin won't be able to do its magic in that case. So
> instead we put all accesses to the input pool's actual data through the
> input_pool_data array directly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>

	Reviewed-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>

Thanks,
	Dominik