Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Feb 2022 21:52:55 -0800 | From | Eric Biggers <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] random: pull add_hwgenerator_randomness() declaration into random.h |
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On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 04:25:22PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > add_hwgenerator_randomness() is a function implemented and documented > inside of random.c. It is the way that hardware RNGs push data into it. > Therefore, it should be declared in random.h. Otherwise sparse complains > with: > > random.c:1137:6: warning: symbol 'add_hwgenerator_randomness' was not declared. Should it be static? > > The alternative would be to include hw_random.h into random.c, but that > wouldn't really be good for anything except slowing down compile time. > > Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> > Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> > Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> > Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org > Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org> > Cc: ath9k-devel@qca.qualcomm.com > Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> > Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> > --- > drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 1 + > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c | 1 + > include/linux/hw_random.h | 2 -- > include/linux/random.h | 2 ++ > 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
- Eric
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