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Re: [PATCH] random: fix rdrand mix-in

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Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote:

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compiler points out that the data is uninitialized in this case: Ack.
Ack.
Except:
Except:

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Why not just make that "continue" be a "break"? If you fail once, you will fail the next time too (whether the arch just doesn't support it at all, or whether the HW entropy is just temporarily exhausted). Maybe it will work much later, but not _immediately_.
later, but not _immediately_.
(I don't actually see the commit in question - it's not in my pile of emails only in linux-next, maybe there's some reason further down prefers "continue" and the whole loop be finished).

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