Thomas Gleixner wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011, Jarod Wilson wrote:
Add a new function pointer to struct clocksource that can optionally be
filled in by clocksources deemed to be high enough resolution to feed
the random number generator entropy pool.
Uurrg.
+ * @entropy: random entrop
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> This is a fairly simple driver that just starts up a kernel thread that
> periodically calls the active clocksource's entropy-gathering function,
> if it has one. The default interval of 100us between polls doesn't show
> any measurable impact to cpu usage
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011, Venkatesh Pallipadi wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > TSC is high enough resolution that we can use its low-order byte to
> > stir new data into the random number generator entropy pool.
>
> >From what I vaguely remember from years past, rdt
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> Add a new function pointer to struct clocksource that can optionally be
> filled in by clocksources deemed to be high enough resolution to feed
> the random number generator entropy pool.
Uurrg.
> + * @entropy: random entropy pool addition funct
On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 15:29 -0400, Neil Horman wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 02:51:31PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > Matt Mackall wrote:
> > >On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 10:49 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > >>Matt Mackall wrote:
> > >>>On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 18:51 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > M
On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 12:48 -0700, h...@zytor.com wrote:
> On 06/14/2011 04:12 PM, Matt Mackall wrote:
> >
> > Various people have offered to spend some time fixing this; I haven't
> > had time to look at it for a while.
> >
>
> So on my (long...) list of things to do for a while is enablement o
On 06/14/2011 04:12 PM, Matt Mackall wrote:
>
> Various people have offered to spend some time fixing this; I haven't
> had time to look at it for a while.
>
So on my (long...) list of things to do for a while is enablement of
RDRAND, which is a new instruction in Ivy Bridge disclosed in the lat
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 02:51:31PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> Matt Mackall wrote:
> >On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 10:49 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> >>Matt Mackall wrote:
> >>>On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 18:51 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> Matt Mackall wrote:
> >>...
> >But that's not even the point. E
Matt Mackall wrote:
On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 10:49 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
Matt Mackall wrote:
On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 18:51 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
Matt Mackall wrote:
...
But that's not even the point. Entropy accounting here is about
providing a theoretical level of security above "crypt
