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Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath9k: do not submit zero bytes to the entropy pool

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Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> In 'ath_cmn_process_fft()', it doesn't make too much sense to
> add zero bytes in attempt to improve randomness. So swap calls
> to 'memset()' and 'add_device_randomness()' to feed the pool
> with actual FFT results rather than zeroes. Compile tested only.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov@xxxxxxxxx>

This should probably have a Fixes tag:

Fixes: 2aa56cca3571 ("ath9k: Mix the received FFT bins to the random pool")

With that:

Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxx>





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