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author | Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> | 2018-02-05 01:07:46 +0300 |
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committer | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2018-03-01 01:59:21 +0300 |
commit | 25e3fca492035a2e1d4ac6e3b1edd9c1acd48897 (patch) | |
tree | 18b2960df3683d779c53b8f591463091eae30f19 /drivers/char/random.c | |
parent | 9f886f4d1d292442b2f22a0a33321eae821bde40 (diff) | |
download | linux-25e3fca492035a2e1d4ac6e3b1edd9c1acd48897.tar.xz |
random: always fill buffer in get_random_bytes_wait
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>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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