Re: [PATCH v2] random: reseed more often immediately after booting

From: Jason A. Donenfeld
Date: Sat Mar 12 2022 - 20:30:20 EST


Hey Eric,

On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 6:01 PM Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's just increasing the reseed interval linearly with the uptime, with constant
> factor 0.5. So if the last reseed happened at uptime=t, then the next reseed
> will happen on the first request made with uptime >= 2*t.

Thanks, okay, I think I get it. The uptime of the next reseeding will
be at least double the uptime of the prior. Let's give it a try your
way. I'll send a v+1 shortly.

Jason