netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/5 net-next] cnic: Randomize initial TCP port for iSCSI connections

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Date:	Thu, 9 Jun 2011 23:25:12 -0700
From:	"Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
To:	"'Stephen Hemminger'" <shemminger@...tta.com>
cc:	"'davem@...emloft.net'" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"'netdev@...r.kernel.org'" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Eddie Wai" <eddie.wai@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5 net-next] cnic: Randomize initial TCP port for
 iSCSI connections

Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 18:08:00 -0700
> "Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com> wrote:
> > random32() is pseudo random so we can get the same number after reboot,
> > right?  One scenario is that we may be booting from an iSCSI target, but
> > due to some failure, the user may be rebooting multiple times rapidly.
> > We want to use a different port during each boot.
> 
> random32 is seeded off get_random_bytes at boot.

Thanks.  We'll change it to random32() in our next patchset then.

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