Date:   Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:46:24 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Marcelo Henrique Cerri <marcelo.cerri@canonical.com>
Cc:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v43 01/15] Linux Random Number Generator
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On Thu, Dec 09, 2021 at 10:43:37PM -0300, Marcelo Henrique Cerri wrote:
> Hi, Jason. How do you think we could approach that then?
> 
> Are you willing to discuss the FIPS 140-3 requirements that random.c
> doesn't currently meet so we can dive deeper on how we could implement
> them in a way that would improve the kernel other then simply
> providing compliance to FIPS?

Discussing things doesn't usually work well.  Let's see some working
patches first, that solve problems that you have with the current random
code, and we can go from there.

Again, like any other kernel patch submission, nothing new here at all.

> I believe all the distros are interested in making progress on that,
> but without a general guidance it makes very hard for us to
> collaborate and we end up in the current situation in which each
> distro is carrying its own "hack", as Simo mentioned before. Canonical
> is in the same situation as the other distros and we are carrying an
> workaround to wire up the crypto DRBG to random.c in order to archive
> compliance.

If everyone seems to think their patches are hacks, and are not worthy
of being submitted, then why do they think that somehow they are viable
for their users that are actually using them?

{sigh}

greg k-h