Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:48:54 -0700 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] enhanced version of net_random() |
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On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:48:35 -0700 Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> wrote:
> Here is a proposed alternative to use a longer period PRNG for net_random(). > The choice of TT800 was because it was freely available, had a long period, > was fast and relatively small footprint. The existing net_random() was not > really thread safe, but was immune to thread corruption.
Any chance of a version that doesn't grab a global lock and disable interrupts every call? :( - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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