Messages in this thread | | | From | "David Schwartz" <> | Subject | RE: /dev/random entropy calcs - patch [not related to net devices] | Date | Tue, 21 Aug 2001 15:54:50 -0700 |
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> + time = (__u32)(xtime.tv_usec) ^ (__u32)(xtime.tv_sec);
I would prefer:
time = (__u32)xtime.tv_usec | ( (__u32)(xtime.tv_sec)<<20) );
The way you have it, you collide the two least-significant bits, potentially losing some entropy.
DS
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