From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760810AbYEQWFK (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 May 2008 18:05:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750880AbYEQWEy (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 May 2008 18:04:54 -0400 Received: from smtp6.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.40]:50068 "EHLO smtp6.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750767AbYEQWEx (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 May 2008 18:04:53 -0400 Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 01:02:58 +0300 From: Adrian Bunk To: Gilles Espinasse Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: remove network drivers' last few uses of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM Message-ID: <20080517220258.GC8140@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> References: <20080515142154.0595e475@core> <36D9DB17C6DE9E40B059440DB8D95F52052D71BB@orsmsx418.amr.corp.intel.com> <482C7B18.6060003@garzik.org> <482C7E53.3050300@hp.com> <482C8184.2030906@garzik.org> <20080516161029.44ded734@core> <0f7201c8b790$9c2a2340$f9b5a8c0@pii350> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0f7201c8b790$9c2a2340$f9b5a8c0@pii350> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed