linux-kernel - Re: Entropy poolsize

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:51:40 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Weedy <weedy2887@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Entropy poolsize

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:58:16 -0400 Weedy wrote:

> I know grsecurity has a option for this but I don't want to patch my
> kernel with it at this time. I have been poking around random.c but I
> can't seem to figure out where .poolsize is assigned it's value and
> how to increase it.
> 
> If someone could point it out that would be nice.
> 
> Thank you for your time.
> --

Do you mean this one in drivers/char/random.c or something else?

static int sysctl_poolsize = INPUT_POOL_WORDS * 32;

It's a sysctl, so it is tunable.

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~Randy
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