From: Sandy Harris Subject: Re: random(4) changes Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:42:56 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87twipn05w.fsf@tassilo.jf.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: LKML , linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, "Theodore Ts'o" , Jason Cooper , John Denker , "H. Peter Anvin" , Stephan Mueller To: Andi Kleen Return-path: Received: from mail-io0-f178.google.com ([209.85.223.178]:35089 "EHLO mail-io0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751363AbcDZMm6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:42:58 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87twipn05w.fsf@tassilo.jf.intel.com> Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Andi Kleen wrote: > Sandy Harris 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@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only