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    SubjectRe: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v4 05/13] crypto/rng: ensure that the RNG is ready before using
    On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 07:47:56PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
    > Otherwise, we might be seeding the RNG using bad randomness, which is
    > dangerous. The one use of this function from within the kernel -- not
    > from userspace -- is being removed (keys/big_key), so that call site
    > isn't relevant in assessing this.

    The use in keys/big_key is _being_ removed, so this commit is
    dependent on that commit landing, correct? (Order matters, because
    otherwise we don't want to potentially screw up doing a kernel bisect
    and causing their kernel to deadlock during the boot while they are
    trying to track down an unreleated problem.)

    - Ted

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