+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #458016 +++ Description of problem: Stephen Hemminger wrote a patch to improve random32() seeding. The rationale is: * use u32 consistently * no need to do LCG on values from (better) get_random_bytes * use more data from get_random_bytes for secondary seeding * don't reduce state space on srandom32() * enforce state variable initialization restrictions --- Additional comment from eteo on 2008-08-06 02:18:35 EDT --- Proposed upstream patch: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=697f8d0348a652593d195a13dd1067d9df911a82 --- Additional comment from eteo on 2008-08-06 02:22:51 EDT --- Created an attachment (id=313529) Upstream patch for this issue --- Additional comment from lgoncalv on 2008-08-06 14:37:37 EDT --- Patch queued for -76
Please ignore the last comment from lgoncalv. Thanks.
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It needs the following upstream patch as well: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=61407f80f72970d52d4339f81c6c3cd03f4ca0f0