netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] SFQ: use net

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Date:	Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:19:55 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	stephen.hemminger@...tta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] SFQ: use net_random

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:18:20 -0800

> On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 02:47:30PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > SFQ doesn't need true random numbers, it is only using them to salt
> > a hash. Therefore it is better to use net_random() and avoid any possible
> > problems with depleting the entropy pool.
> 
> The random-number algorithm used by net_random() certainly does appear
> to be considerably stronger than the one I used to generate the results
> in the 1990 paper.  ;-)
> 
> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Also applied, thanks.
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