| commit | 331c6490c7f10dcf263712e313b7c0bc7fb6d77a | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> | Mon Mar 17 16:36:29 2014 -0700 |
| committer | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | Wed Mar 19 22:22:06 2014 -0400 |
| tree | 30249a0a1a7dc7ea7538fe622a4303bb26853f32 | |
| parent | 83664a6928a420b5ccfc0cf23ddbfe3634fea271 [diff] |
random: If we have arch_get_random_seed*(), try it before blocking If we have arch_get_random_seed*(), try to use it for emergency refill of the entropy pool before giving up and blocking on /dev/random. It may or may not work in the moment, but if it does work, it will give the user better service than blocking will. Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>