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...
