netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] random32: do not feed jiffies as seed from lpfc driver

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:11:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dborkman@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, JBottomley@...allels.com,
	james.smart@...lex.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] random32: do not feed jiffies as seed
 from lpfc driver

From: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 22:08:37 +0200

> In prandom we have already reseeding mechanisms that trigger
> periodically from a much better entropy source than just
> feeding in jiffies through lpfc_mbx_cmpl_fcf_scan_read_fcf_rec()
> [what a function name 8-)]. Therefore, just remove this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
> Cc: James Bottomley <JBottomley@...allels.com>
> Cc: James Smart <james.smart@...lex.com>
> ---
>  This can also go via James, how you prefer it.

James can pick this up, thanks.
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