Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/random: Issue a warning if RDRAND or RDSEED fails

Dave Hansen
2024-01-30T17:58:12Z

On 1/30/24 09:49, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
>> Anybody disagree?
> Yes, I disagree. I made a trivial test that shows RDSEED breaks easily
> in a busy loop. So at the very least, your statement holds true only
> for RDRAND.

Well, darn. :)

Any chance you could share some more information about the environment
where you're seeing this? It'd be good to reconcile what you're seeing
with how the hardware is expected to behave.