Re: [PATCH] Add clarifying comments to Jitter Entropy RCT cutoff values.

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On Sun, Aug 06, 2023 at 02:19:03PM -0500, Joachim Vandersmissen wrote:
> The RCT cutoff values are correct, but they don't exactly match the ones
> one would expect when computing them using the formula in SP800-90B. This
> discrepancy is due to the fact that the Jitter Entropy RCT starts at 1. To
> avoid any confusion by future reviewers, add some comments and explicitly
> subtract 1 from the "correct" cutoff values in the definitions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joachim Vandersmissen <git@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  crypto/jitterentropy.c | 10 +++++++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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