linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/5] fail-injection library

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Date:	23 Aug 2006 14:09:31 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Akinobu Mita <mita@...aclelinux.com>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, okuji@...ug.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/5] fail-injection library

Akinobu Mita <mita@...aclelinux.com> writes:
> +	if (failure_probability(data) == 100 ||
> +	    INT_MAX / 100 * failure_probability(data) > get_random_int())

I don't think it's a good idea to use get_random_int here. It's a secure
quite heavyweight random simulator that eats up precious entropy.

I would use something simple with an option for the user to specify the seed
(default jiffies maybe) for reproducibility.

e.g. the perfmon patchkit that was just posted had a reasonable simple
pseudo RND for lib/. Maybe you can reuse that.

-Andi
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