[PATCH] crypto: jitterentropy - bind statically into kernel

Stephan Mueller smueller at chronox.de
Mon Oct 5 02:40:25 EDT 2020


Am Montag, 5. Oktober 2020, 08:24:46 CEST schrieb Ard Biesheuvel:

Hi Ard,

> If jitterentropy is a special case, we could put a alternate
> non-'static inline' version of random_get_entropy() in the core
> kernel, and only export it if JITTER_ENTROPY is built as a module in
> the first place. But I'd prefer it if jitterentropy switches to an API
> that is suitable for driver consumption.

Which API do you have in mind? In user space, I use 
clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME) which also considers the clock source.

Thanks
Stephan





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