Re: [PATCH 2/3] random: Use arch_get_random_seed*() at init time and once a second

2014-03-05 Thread Ingo Molnar
* H. Peter Anvin wrote: > From: "H. Peter Anvin" > > Use arch_get_random_seed*() in two places in the Linux random > driver (drivers/char/random.c): > > 1. During entropy pool initialization, use RDSEED in favor of RDRAND, >with a fallback to the latter. Entropy exhaustion is unlikely

Re: [PATCH 2/3] random: Use arch_get_random_seed*() at init time and once a second

2014-03-05 Thread Ingo Molnar
* H. Peter Anvin h...@linux.intel.com wrote: From: H. Peter Anvin h...@linux.intel.com Use arch_get_random_seed*() in two places in the Linux random driver (drivers/char/random.c): 1. During entropy pool initialization, use RDSEED in favor of RDRAND, with a fallback to the latter.

[PATCH 2/3] random: Use arch_get_random_seed*() at init time and once a second

2014-03-04 Thread H. Peter Anvin
From: "H. Peter Anvin" Use arch_get_random_seed*() in two places in the Linux random driver (drivers/char/random.c): 1. During entropy pool initialization, use RDSEED in favor of RDRAND, with a fallback to the latter. Entropy exhaustion is unlikely to happen there on physical hardware as

[PATCH 2/3] random: Use arch_get_random_seed*() at init time and once a second

2014-03-04 Thread H. Peter Anvin
From: H. Peter Anvin h...@linux.intel.com Use arch_get_random_seed*() in two places in the Linux random driver (drivers/char/random.c): 1. During entropy pool initialization, use RDSEED in favor of RDRAND, with a fallback to the latter. Entropy exhaustion is unlikely to happen there on