On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 05:43:22PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote: > Hello David > > We could use the nanosec resolution for various functions defined in > drivers/char/random.c > (secure_tcpv6_sequence_number(), secure_tcp_sequence_number(), > secure_dccp_sequence_number()) > > I am not sure if it's a netdev related patch or core kernel, so I have CC > Andrew. > > Thank you > > [PATCH] NET : random functions can use nsec resolution instead of usec > > In order to get more randomness for secure_tcpv6_sequence_number(), > secure_tcp_sequence_number(), secure_dccp_sequence_number() functions, we can > use the high resolution time services, providing nanosec resolution.
It's also a little faster because it avoids one division. You didn't mention the initial seed change. There you could have removed the useless utsname initialization too. > > I've also done two kmalloc()/kzalloc() conversions. Normally that should be separate patches -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
