Re: [PATCH] [3/4] /dev/random: Use separate entropy store for /dev/urandom

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 12:29:40PM +0200, Balint Marton wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> After using this patch, an already resolved bug returned (Tested with
> 2.6.9-rc1-bk3). For the old bug, see this thread (get_random_bytes returns
> the same on every boot):  
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=109053711812560&w=2
> 
> Now the situation is almost the same, except we read from the urandom pool
> this time. The urandom pool is only cleared, and not initialized, and
> because there is nothing in the primary pool, the reseeding is not
> successful. The solution is also the same, initialize not just the primary
> and secondary, but also the urandom pool:

Yes, good point.  Thanks.  I'll make sure this gets pushed to Andrew/Linus.

						- Ted
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