linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few uses of IRQF_SAMPLE

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Date:	Sun, 18 May 2008 01:02:58 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Gilles Espinasse <g.esp@...e.fr>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few uses of
	IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:08:29PM +0200, Gilles Espinasse wrote:
> 
> That's funny
> It does look to disturb some kernel developper that ethernet may be sniffed
> to feed a RNG
> even that could be very hard to reach any effective result in the case of a
> machine splitting
> different network segments.
> 
> In the same time, it does not disturb openssl developpers to include non
> initialised
> memory that may or may not be predictable to feed a RNG.
> http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=121095151003011&w=2

Why should it disturb them?

As is explained in the email you quote it cannot make the RNG
output worse.

>  Gilles

cu
Adrian

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