CONFIG_ANDROID

[tlhackque]

FWIW: Having watched the discussion about CONFIG_ANDROID, it occurs to 
me that there's an alternative for WireGuard that sidesteps the issue.

 From the last patcheset, it seems that the only use in WireGuard is to 
avoid clearing keys on every wake-up.

So: Why not timestamp key-clear events, and establish a minimum interval?

It seems to me that this would make WireGuard tolerant of the peculiar 
behavior of the Android (handheld) platforms, and expresses what 
WireGuard needs - a minimum time between key clearing events.  It's also 
completely under WireGuard's control, is platform agnostic, and avoids 
an inevitable discussion about whether 2 seconds between wakeups is 
immutable and satisfies everyone.  (If you wait long enough, every 
constant eventually becomes a variable...)

Then WireGuard can watch the duststorm over CONFIG_ANDROID's fate settle 
out at leisure.

I have no dog in this fight - just an observer.


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