Re: [PATCH 2/2] random: deobfuscate irq u32/u64 contributions

From: Dominik Brodowski
Date: Thu Feb 10 2022 - 11:57:14 EST


Am Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 05:09:25PM +0100 schrieb Jason A. Donenfeld:
> In the irq handler, we fill out 16 bytes differently on 32-bit and
> 64-bit platforms. Whether or not you like that, it is a matter of fact.
> But it might not be a fact you well realized until now, because the code
> that loaded the irq info into 4 32-bit words was quite confusing.
> Instead, this commit makes everything explicit by having separate
> (compile-time) branches for 32-bit and 64-bit machines. In the process,
> it exposed a shortcoming in in mix_interrupt_randomness() which we

"in in" -> "in"

> rectify.

Maybe explain the shortcoming in one sentence? I think I spotted it, but...

Thanks,
Dominik