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To: Matthew Kirkwood <matthew@hairy.beasts.org>,
        "Theodore Y Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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From: folkert@vanheusden.com
Subject: Re: /dev/random probs in 2.4test(12-pre3)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 17:33:16 GMT
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I've seen that happen with kernel version 2.2.16!

> Hi,
> 
> It looks like the random driver in 2.4test will return a
> short read, rather than blocking.  This is breaking vpnd
> (http://sunsite.dk/vpnd/) which breaks with "failed to
> gather random data" or similar.
> 
> Here's a sample strace:
> 
> open("/dev/random", O_RDONLY)           = 3
> read(3, "q\321Nu\204\251^\234i\254\350\370\363\"\305\366R\2708V"..., 72) = 29
> close(3)                                = 0
> 
> Have the semantics of the device changed, or is vpnd doing
> something wrong?
> 
> Matthew.
> 
> 
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