Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Oct 2021 10:30:56 +0300 | From | "Ivan T. Ivanov" <> | Subject | [RESEND] Re: [PATCH] Revert "efi/random: Treat EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL output as bootloader randomness" |
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Hi,
Quoting Dominik Brodowski (2021-10-12 11:40:34) > Am Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 11:27:08AM +0300 schrieb Ivan T. Ivanov: > > This reverts commit 18b915ac6b0ac5ba7ded03156860f60a9f16df2b. > > > > When CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER is enabled add_bootloader_randomness() > > calls add_hwgenerator_randomness() which might sleep, > > Wouldn't it be better to fix add_bootloader_randomness(), considering > that > calls to that function are likely to happen quite early during kernel > initialization? Especially as it seems to have worked beforehand?
I have tried. I made wait_event_interruptible() optional, but then crng_reseed() segfault badly. And I don't think crng_reseed() is something that I could fix easily. Suggestions are welcomed ;-)
Regards, Ivan
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