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| From | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 10/13] net/neighbor: use get_random_u32 for 32-bit hash random |
| Date | 2017-06-08 05:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tPVZD-76l-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tPqM9-3tE-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <tPqMa-3tE-33@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 07:48:01PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > Using get_random_u32 here is faster, more fitting of the use case, and > just as cryptographically secure. It also has the benefit of providing > better randomness at early boot, which is when many of these structures > are assigned. > > Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> > Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Applied to the random.git dev branch, thanks. - Ted
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Re: [PATCH v4 10/13] net/neighbor: use get_random_u32 for 32-bit hash random Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-06-08 05:10 +0200
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