Re: [RFC PATCH 34/35] Add the Xen virtual network device driver.

[Keir Fraser]

On 9 May 2006, at 21:25, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> > +	memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, info->mac, ETH_ALEN);
> > +	network_connect(netdev);
> > +	info->irq = bind_evtchn_to_irqhandler(
> > +		info->evtchn, netif_int, SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM,
> > netdev->name,
>
> This doesn't look like a real random entropy source. packets
> arriving from another domain are easily timed.

Where should we get our entropy from in a VM environment? Leaving the 
pool empty can cause processes to hang.

 -- Keir

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/