From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hpplinuxml@0xdef.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Instantiating my own random number generator
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:57:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051012085713.GA24974@0xdef.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E90C20D8-AC5D-4E9E-A477-48164FA0E7EE@inf.ufrgs.br>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-10-12 8:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-11 20:46 Instantiating my own random number generator Roberto Jung Drebes
2005-10-12 1:08 ` Horst von Brand
2005-10-12 8:57 ` Hagen Paul Pfeifer [this message]
2005-10-12 12:33 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2005-10-12 12:07 ` Paulo Marques
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