Re: [PATCH v43 01/15] Linux Random Number Generator

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sun Nov 21 2021 - 12:24:09 EST


On Sun, 2021-11-21 at 17:40 +0100, Stephan Müller wrote:
> In an effort to provide a flexible implementation for a random number
> generator that also delivers entropy during early boot time, allows
> replacement of the deterministic random number generation mechanism,
> implement the various components in separate code for easier
> maintenance, and provide compliance to SP800-90[A|B|C], introduce
> the Linux Random Number Generator (LRNG) framework.
[]
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
[]
> @@ -10817,6 +10817,13 @@ F: Documentation/litmus-tests/
> F: Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
> F: tools/memory-model/
>
> +LINUX RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR (LRNG) DRIVER
> +M: Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +S: Maintained
> +W: https://www.chronox.de/lrng.html
> +F: drivers/char/lrng/*

Are you specifically intending _not_ to maintain any files in
any possible subdirectories of this directory?

If not, this should be

F: drivers/char/lrng/

> +F: include/linux/lrng.h
> +

Trivia and additionally:

Maybe run the patch series through scripts/checkpatch.pl --strict and
see if you want to change anything.