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random: push extra entropy to the output pools
authorTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Thu, 3 Oct 2013 05:08:15 +0000 (01:08 -0400)
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:32:22 +0000 (14:32 -0400)
commit6265e169cd313d6f3aad3c33d0a5b0d9624f69f5
treee029093b5e94f431f1d00cb13bf76bd024abfe7atree | snapshot
parent95b709b6be49e4ff3933ef6a5b5e623de2713a71commit | diff
random: push extra entropy to the output pools

As the input pool gets filled, start transfering entropy to the output
pools until they get filled.  This allows us to use the output pools
to store more system entropy.  Waste not, want not....

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
drivers/char/random.c diff | blob | history
include/trace/events/random.h diff | blob | history
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