Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v4 07/13] ceph: ensure RNG is seeded before using

2017-06-07 Thread Theodore Ts'o
On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 07:47:58PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > Ceph uses the RNG for various nonce generations, and it shouldn't accept > using bad randomness. So, we wait for the RNG to be properly seeded. We > do this by calling wait_for_random_bytes() in a function that is > certainly

[PATCH v4 07/13] ceph: ensure RNG is seeded before using

2017-06-06 Thread Jason A. Donenfeld
Ceph uses the RNG for various nonce generations, and it shouldn't accept using bad randomness. So, we wait for the RNG to be properly seeded. We do this by calling wait_for_random_bytes() in a function that is certainly called in process context, early on, so that all subsequent calls to