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Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 14:05:02 +0200
From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>, 
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, 
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>, "Gustavo F. Padovan" <gustavo@...ovan.org>, 
	Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 12/13] bluetooth/smp: ensure RNG is properly seeded
 before ECDH use

Hello Marcel,

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 7:04 AM, Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org> wrote:
> yes, there are plenty of commands needed before a controller becomes usable.

That doesn't clearly address with precision what Ted was wondering.
Specifically, the inquiry is: can you confirm with certainty whether
or not all calls to get_random_bytes() in the bluetooth directory are
*necessarily* going to come after a call to hci_power_on()?

Jason

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