From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932403AbVJLI5P (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Oct 2005 04:57:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932120AbVJLI5P (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Oct 2005 04:57:15 -0400 Received: from c3po.0xdef.net ([217.172.181.57]:60554 "EHLO c3po.0xdef.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932403AbVJLI5P (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Oct 2005 04:57:15 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:57:14 +0200 From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Instantiating my own random number generator Message-ID: <20051012085713.GA24974@0xdef.net> Mail-Followup-To: Hagen Paul Pfeifer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Key-Id: 98350C22 X-Key-Fingerprint: 490F 557B 6C48 6D7E 5706 2EA2 4A22 8D45 9835 0C22 X-GPG-Key: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net 98350C22 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 05.10.11 Roberto Jung Drebes pressed the following keys: >Is there a way I can set this number generator my own seed value, so >that I can replay experiments I perform with my module? If I set a >seed for the whole system, it would affect other kernel tasks >obtaining random numbers through get_random_bytes(), so I guess that >is not a good solution. No, there insn't a direct alternative. get_random_bytes() should be good enough - do you realize a weak spot? >TIA, HGN