Andrey Chernov writes:
> > The usual way round this is with a flag. Set a static, volatile
> > flag, defaulting "off", and set it to "on" when the seeding has
> > happened. Then arc4random() can do the right thing, depending on
> > this flag.
>
> Ok, what about this version, is it right? libkern/arc4rand.c is not a
> module but always present in the kernel, so "arc4rand_iniseed_state"
> will be always accessible.
>
> --- dev/random/randomdev_soft.c.old 2011-09-26 07:35:48.000000000 +0400
> +++ dev/random/randomdev_soft.c 2012-01-21 01:41:37.000000000 +0400
> @@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/random/r
>
> #define RANDOM_FIFO_MAX 256 /* How many events to queue up */
>
> +extern int arc4rand_iniseed_state;
> +
Should be in a header file, nad _possibly_ should be volatile. If it
works without being volatile, then OK.
The rest is OK. I've not tested it, so this is not a review, simply an
"OK" :-)
M
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Mark R V Murray
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