Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755544AbXFTQkS (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:40:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753321AbXFTQkH (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:40:07 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:55112 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753315AbXFTQkF (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:40:05 -0400 Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:39:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Alexander Gabert cc: Arjan van de Ven , libc-alpha@sourceware.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hardened@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_random_long() and AT_ENTROPY for auxv, kernel 2.6.21.5 In-Reply-To: <467948F5.3010709@gentoo.org> Message-ID: References: <4675C678.3080807@gentoo.org> <1182128803.22999.9.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <4675DFA8.6060703@gentoo.org> <1182130680.22999.13.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <4676601A.7070209@gentoo.org> <467948F5.3010709@gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 519 Lines: 15 On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Alexander Gabert wrote: > > this patch adds the function drivers/char/random.c:get_random_long() It's totally whitespace-damaged, and I wonder why the "int" vs "long" is so important. Also, what are the performance implications for execve? Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/