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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] crypto: Add Qcom prng driver
Date:   Tue, 03 Jul 2018 15:28:04 +0200
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Am Dienstag, 3. Juli 2018, 08:04:31 CEST schrieb Vinod Koul:

Hi Vinod,

> +static int qcom_rng_read(struct qcom_rng *rng, void *data, size_t max)
> +{
> +	size_t currsize = 0;
> +	u32 *retdata = data;

How can you be sure that this cast is appropriate? I.e. how is it guaranteed 
that data is 4-byte aligned?

Also, the data variable in qcom_rng_generate is a u8 -- shouldn't this type be 
used instead of a void?


Ciao
Stephan