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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2022 02:14:23 +0200
From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] random: remove "nordrand" flag in favor of "random.trust_cpu"
Hi Randy,
On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 2:12 AM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
> > However, x86 RDRAND does have a history of being occassionally
>
> occasionally
>
> > automatically disabling "nordrand" if we detect it's problematic.
> ? I.e., disabling RDRAND and RDSEED.
> > - * The nordrand option can clear X86_FEATURE_RDRAND, so check for
> > + * The self test can clear X86_FEATURE_RDRAND, so check for
>
> Preferably: self-test
Thanks. Fixing all of those.
Jason
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