Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 May 2009 16:47:37 -0600 | From | Jake Edge <> | Subject | Re: [patch] random: make get_random_int() more random |
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On Wed, 6 May 2009 22:09:54 +0200 Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Subject: random: make get_random_int() more random > From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> > Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 08:17:43 -0700 (PDT) > > It's a really simple patch that basically just open-codes the current > "secure_ip_id()" call, but when open-coding it we now use a _static_ > hashing area, so that it gets updated every time.
It seems like this should be queued up for stable, yes? I just saw the 2.6.29.4 review patches go out, but this wasn't part of it ...
jake
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