Re: [PATCH 5/6] random: step more rapidly through the pool whenadding and extracting

[Theodore Tso]

On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 05:20:39PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote:
> random: step more rapidly through the pool when adding and extracting
> 
> Second, this patch spreads the mixing across the pool more rapidly by
> using a larger step. For our secondary pools, we'll be sure to touch
> both blocks with each mix, and for our primary pool, we'll change 5 of
> 8 blocks.

Yeah, that's a good idea.

Acked-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>

							- Ted
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