From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Balint Marton <cus@fazekas.hu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [3/4] /dev/random: Use separate entropy store for /dev/urandom
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 22:10:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040830021040.GC17066@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0408281204280.31452@cinke.fazekas.hu>
On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 12:29:40PM +0200, Balint Marton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After using this patch, an already resolved bug returned (Tested with
> 2.6.9-rc1-bk3). For the old bug, see this thread (get_random_bytes returns
> the same on every boot):
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=109053711812560&w=2
>
> Now the situation is almost the same, except we read from the urandom pool
> this time. The urandom pool is only cleared, and not initialized, and
> because there is nothing in the primary pool, the reseeding is not
> successful. The solution is also the same, initialize not just the primary
> and secondary, but also the urandom pool:
Yes, good point. Thanks. I'll make sure this gets pushed to Andrew/Linus.
- Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-30 2:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-28 10:29 [PATCH] [3/4] /dev/random: Use separate entropy store for /dev/urandom Balint Marton
2004-08-30 2:10 ` Theodore Ts'o [this message]
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2004-08-20 4:57 Theodore Ts'o
2004-08-24 21:22 ` Matt Mackall
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