Re: [tip:x86/kaslr] x86, kaslr: Provide randomness functions

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Nov 11 2013 - 15:08:02 EST



* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Of course, perhaps we could just hash struct boot_params as a starting
> point?

Yeah, that would be a good first step, before trying to parse DMI or ACPI.
Anything that is reasonably system dependent and gives at least some
amount of unpredicability.

Thanks,

Ingo
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