random: adjust the generator polynomials in the mixing function slightly
authorTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Sun, 22 Sep 2013 20:04:19 +0000 (16:04 -0400)
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:32:21 +0000 (14:32 -0400)
Our mixing functions were analyzed by Lacharme, Roeck, Strubel, and
Videau in their paper, "The Linux Pseudorandom Number Generator
Revisited" (see: http://eprint.iacr.org/2012/251.pdf).

They suggested a slight change to improve our mixing functions
slightly.  I also adjusted the comments to better explain what is
going on, and to document why the polynomials were changed.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>

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