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SubjectRe: Bug in random32.c: all-zero outputs with probability 1/2^32, other seeding bugs
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On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 17:34 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 01:19:27 +0200
> Benoit Boissinot <bboissin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > [who maintains random32.c ?]
>
> ah. I think it's ancient net code which was recently hoisted into lib/.
> So: not really anybody.
>
> I've been hopefully cc'ing Matt and Ted in the hope of fooling them
> into looking at it. But a netdev cc is appropriate also.

I did look at it, and it looks reasonable. So:

Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>

Stephen Hemminger is responsible for the original code, I believe. I've
been tempted to slurp this functionality into random.c but keep getting
side-tracked into theoretical investigations of better functions, as I'm
not a big fan of the current one from either a performance or strength
perspective.

--
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.



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