linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] random: unify early init crng load accounting

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Message-ID: <YhMoLad2U2zJVTyo@sol.localdomain>
Date:   Sun, 20 Feb 2022 21:50:37 -0800
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux@...inikbrodowski.net,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] random: unify early init crng load accounting

On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 12:10:20AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> -static size_t crng_fast_load(const void *cp, size_t len)
> +static size_t crng_pre_init_inject(const void *cp, size_t len,
> +				   bool fast, bool account)

This would be a good chance to rename 'cp' to something more usual, like 'in'.

Also, there's still a mention of "crng_{fast,slow}_load" in crng_make_state().

> +	const u8 *src = cp;
> +
> +	if (fast) {
> +		if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&base_crng.lock, flags))
> +			return 0;
> +	} else
> +		spin_lock_irqsave(&base_crng.lock, flags);

Nit: the kernel coding style requires braces around the else clause here.

- Eric