Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:59:35 -0500 | From | Theodore Ts'o <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] random: always fill buffer in get_random_bytes_wait |
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On Sun, Feb 04, 2018 at 11:07:46PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > In the unfortunate event that a developer fails to check the return > value of get_random_bytes_wait, or simply wants to make a "best effort" > attempt, for whatever that's worth, it's much better to still fill the > buffer with _something_ rather than catastrophically failing in the case > of an interruption. This is both a defense in depth measure against > inevitable programming bugs, as well as a means of making the API a bit > more useful. > > Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Thanks, applied.
- Ted
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