Re: [PATCH] KEYS: encrypted: Remove unnecessary selection of CRYPTO_RNG
Jarkko Sakkinen <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.keyrings,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Sat, Apr 04, 2026 at 01:09:42PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 05:02:27PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 07:46:10PM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote: > > > Hi Eric, > > > > > > On Sat, 2026-03-21 at 15:42 -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > > > > encrypted-keys uses the regular Linux RNG (get_random_bytes()), not the > > > > duplicative crypto_rng one. So it does not need to select CRYPTO_RNG. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <[email protected]> > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <[email protected]> > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > > > This patch is targeting the keyrings tree > > > > > > Not sure what you mean by targeting the keyrings tree. I can definitely queue > > > it. > > > > Last time I sent a patch for encrypted-keys, Jarkko took it. If you'd > > like to take it instead, that's fine with me. As long as someone does > > it. Thanks, > > Anyone planning to take this? It's not in linux-next yet. It has been holiday season but I applied it. Later today I'll update my next branch. > > - Eric BR, Jarkko