On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Torsten Duwe <d...@lst.de> wrote: > > This patch introduces a derating factor to struct hwrng for > the random bits going into the kernel input pool, and a common > default derating for drivers which do not specify one. > > Signed-off-by: Torsten Duwe <d...@suse.de> > > --- > drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 11 ++++++++++- > include/linux/hw_random.h | 3 +++ > 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > --- linux/include/linux/hw_random.h.orig > +++ linux/include/linux/hw_random.h > @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ > * @read: New API. drivers can fill up to max bytes of data > * into the buffer. The buffer is aligned for any type. > * @priv: Private data, for use by the RNG driver. > + * @derating: Estimation of true entropy in RNG's bitstream > + * (per mill).
I'll bikeshed again: this is a rating, not a *de*rating. Higher = more confidence, at least assuming the comment is right. --Andy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
