Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote:
Yeah, I hate this, because it will make people paper over their problems by just booting with that option.
just booting with that option.
I think it should just be fixed.
I think it should just be fixed.
Is there really any reason why trace buffers have to be dumped so early that the entropy hasn't even taken yet?
that the entropy hasn't even taken yet?
And if we really want a command line option, can we make that still hash the pointer, just force the entropy early.
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opposed.Yeah, I hate this, because it will make people paper over their problems by just booting with that option.
just booting with that option.
I think it should just be fixed.
I think it should just be fixed.
Is there really any reason why trace buffers have to be dumped so early that the entropy hasn't even taken yet?
that the entropy hasn't even taken yet?
And if we really want a command line option, can we make that still hash the pointer, just force the entropy early.