On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 02:56:45PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 2 May 2018 09:33:40 +1000 "Tobin C. Harding" <m...@tobin.cc> wrote: > > > Currently if an attempt is made to print a pointer before there is > > enough entropy then '(____ptrval____)' is printed. This makes debugging > > early stage stack traces difficult. We can relax the requirement for > > cryptographically secure hashing when debugging while still maintaining > > pointer hashing behaviour. > > > > Add a command line option 'use-early-random-bytes'. When enabled get > > key material from the hw RNG if available. > > Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst, please. > > > This option should NOT be enabled on production kernels. > > And the documentation should explain why this recommendation is made. > Here was I scratching my head wondering why this feature isn't just > permanently enabled. Still scratching away...
Thanks for the review. I think v2 covers your concerns, it patches Documentation/kernel-parameters If you are still scratching after reading v2 please do say so, I appreciate the feedback. thanks, Tobin.
