From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:28:01 +0000 (-0500) Subject: random: Use arch-specific RNG to initialize the entropy store X-Git-Tag: v3.2.27~59 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1d1e71f1bd606f77b5e49d9077d6ce23d3f8fc06;p=pandora-kernel.git random: Use arch-specific RNG to initialize the entropy store commit 3e88bdff1c65145f7ba297ccec69c774afe4c785 upstream. If there is an architecture-specific random number generator (such as RDRAND for Intel architectures), use it to initialize /dev/random's entropy stores. Even in the worst case, if RDRAND is something like AES(NSA_KEY, counter++), it won't hurt, and it will definitely help against any other adversaries. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1324589281-31931-1-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- Reading git-diff-tree failed