Re: [RFC] enhanced version of net_random()

[David S. Miller]

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:48:35 -0700
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Here is a proposed alternative to use a longer period PRNG for net_random().
> The choice of TT800 was because it was freely available, had a long period,
> was fast and relatively small footprint. The existing net_random() was not
> really thread safe, but was immune to thread corruption. 

Any chance of a version that doesn't grab a global lock and
disable interrupts every call? :(
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