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Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 23:00:33 -0400
From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc: Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 10/13] net/neighbor: use get_random_u32 for 32-bit
hash random
On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 07:48:01PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Using get_random_u32 here is faster, more fitting of the use case, and
> just as cryptographically secure. It also has the benefit of providing
> better randomness at early boot, which is when many of these structures
> are assigned.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>
> Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Applied to the random.git dev branch, thanks.
- Ted
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