linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] random: fix add_hwgenerator

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Date:   Mon, 4 Apr 2022 19:37:19 +0200
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Jan Varho <jan.varho@...il.com>
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] random: fix add_hwgenerator_randomness entropy accounting

Hi Jan,

On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 6:43 PM Jan Varho <jan.varho@...il.com> wrote:
>
> add_hwgenerator_randomness tries to only use the required amound of input
> for fast init, but credits all the entropy if even a byte was left over.
>
> Fix by not crediting entropy when using the input for fast init.

Looks good, thanks. Applied as
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/crng/random.git/commit/?id=527a9867

Jason