Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 14 Aug 2017 20:00:48 +0200 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: early x86 unseeded randomness |
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On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 10:47:47AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Plus on modern x86, you'll always get at least the hardware > randomness, which is fundamentally much better anyway.
Right, my only intention was to get rid of those:
[ 0.000000] random: get_random_bytes called from start_kernel+0x30/0x3d8 with crng_init=0
What do you propose? Keep 'em?
Or fix the above, snipped bit to conditionally do rdtsc() *once* or get_random_bytes() depending on the crng state?
> So this patch is utter and absolute garbage, and should be shot in the > head and buried very very deep.
/me takes out a 44 magnum...
> Please immediately delete it from the whole internet.
Haha, lemme call a guy.
-- Regards/Gruss, Boris.
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