On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 07:46:35PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > 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.
Thank you, too! I was afraid that without the necessary acks from x86 and jump-label maintainers it would have been impossible to merge. > > Thanks for working on this and not giving up :-) > > Series applied, thanks a lot! I received build warnings from kbuild just after merging and will fix them up. Mostly ia64 and allnoconfig. Will send patches soon. Thanks, Hannes -- 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/
