Re: [GIT PULL] prandom32 changes for v5.10

From: Joe Perches
Date: Wed Oct 21 2020 - 17:20:18 EST


On Wed, 2020-10-21 at 13:52 -0700, Marc Plumb wrote:
> As one of the participants, I mostly backed off when Spelvin seemed to
> be more aggressively driving a secure solution.

While secure solutions are useful, I really wonder if
"George Spelvin" is a real person.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Spelvin

_If_ "George Spelvin" is a pseudonym, (apologies if it is not),
should anything with that signature be added to the kernel?

The Developer's Certificate of Origin says that no pseudonyms
are allowed.

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Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:

(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
have the right to submit it under the open source license
indicated in the file; or

(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
license and I have the right under that license to submit that
work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
in the file; or

(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
it.

(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
this project or the open source license(s) involved.

then you just add a line saying::

Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)
This will be done for you automatically if you use ``git commit -s``.