linux-kernel - Re: random(4) changes

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Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:42:56 -0400
From:	Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@...il.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	John Denker <jsd@...n.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
Subject: Re: random(4) changes

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:

> Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@...il.com> writes:
>
> There is also the third problem of horrible scalability of /dev/random
> output on larger systems, for which patches are getting ignored.

I did not write that. I think Andi is quoting himself here, not me.

> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/2/10/716
>
> Ignoring problems does not make them go away.
>
> -Andi
> --
> ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only