From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: defer net_secret[] initialization Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:16:41 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20130429.151641.88899052800399909.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1367251132.8964.325.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:33369 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759975Ab3D2TQn (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:16:43 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1367251132.8964.325.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Eric Dumazet Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:58:52 -0700 > From: Eric Dumazet > > Instead of feeding net_secret[] at boot time, defer the init > at the point first socket is created. > > This permits some platforms to use better entropy sources than > the ones available at boot time. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Applied.