From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <han...@stressinduktion.org> Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 21:48:50 +0200
> This series implements support for delaying the initialization of secret > keys, e.g. used for hashing, for as long as possible. This functionality > is implemented by a new macro, net_get_random_bytes. > > I already used it to protect the socket hashes, the syncookie secret > (most important) and the tcp_fastopen secrets. > > Changelog: > v2) Use static_keys in net_get_random_once to have as minimal impact to > the fast-path as possible. > v3) added patch "static_key: WARN on usage before jump_label_init was called": > Patch "x86/jump_label: expect default_nop if static_key gets enabled > on boot-up" relaxes the checks for using static_key primitives before > jump_label_init. So tighten them first. > v4) Update changelog on the patch "static_key: WARN on usage before > jump_label_init was called" Although I was very skeptical about these changes when you first posted them, I am quite happy with this series now. Thanks for working on this and not giving up :-) Series applied, thanks a lot! -- 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/
