linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make /dev/urandom scalable

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Message-ID: <20150924131235.GB6841@thunk.org>
Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2015 09:12:35 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Austin S Hemmelgarn <ahferroin7@...il.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make /dev/urandom scalable

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 07:37:39AM -0400, Austin S Hemmelgarn wrote:
> Using /dev/urandom directly, yes that doesn't make sense because it
> consistent returns non-uniformly random numbers when used to generate larger
> amounts of entropy than the blocking pool can source

Why do you think this is the case?   Reproduction, please?

					- Ted
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