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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 0/4] virtio-rng: contribute to early randomness requests
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 05:15:48PM +0530, Amit Shah wrote:
> v2:
> - update patch 3 to store the hwrng_register_done bool per-device
> rather than global
> - add patch 2 that re-arranges struct elems for better packing.
>
> Hi,
>
> This series enables virtio-rng to service the early randomness
> requests made by the hwrng core (patch 3), with Herbert's idea of
> using the scan routine.
>
> Patch 4 reverts the previous restriction, which no longer applies, to
> not send read requests to the host before successful probe.
>
> Patches 1 and 2 are minor cleanups.
>
> Please review and apply,
>
> Amit Shah (4):
> virtio: rng: remove unused struct element
> virtio: rng: re-arrange struct elements for better packing
> virtio: rng: delay hwrng_register() till driver is ready
> Revert "hwrng: virtio - ensure reads happen after successful probe"
>
> drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 6 ------
> drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++---------------------
> 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

fwiw,

Reviewed-by: Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>

Thanks for putting this together Amit!

thx,

Jason.


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