Re: [PATCH] random: use hwgenerator randomness more frequently at early boot

From: Dominik Brodowski
Date: Wed Sep 07 2022 - 09:33:17 EST


Hi Jason,

Am Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 03:02:34PM +0200 schrieb Jason A. Donenfeld:
> Hi Dominik,
>
> On Sun, Sep 04, 2022 at 12:17:53PM +0200, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> > Mix in randomness from hw-rng sources more frequently during early
> > boot, approximately once for every rng reseed.
>
> Nice idea.
>
> > Jason, if you prefer that this patch can be applied first (as it
> > makes sense also independently of the other patch), this ordering
> > should be trivial to change.
>
> I'll apply this patch first, yea, since it's independent.
>
> > -static bool crng_has_old_seed(void)
> > +static unsigned int crng_interval(void)
>
> crng_reseed_interval() instead?

Sounds good. Thanks!

Dominik