On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 01:28:31PM -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Matt Mackall wrote: > > > But perhaps I should just add a lightweight RNG to random.c and be > > done with it. > > It would be appreciated. As someone pointed out privately, there's a random32() in lib/random32.c. Unfortunately, this function is too heavy for many fast-path uses and too weak for most other uses. I'll see if I can come up with something better.. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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