Removing the Linux /dev/random blocking pool
Removing the Linux /dev/random blocking pool
Posted Jan 8, 2020 18:57 UTC (Wed) by ncultra (✭ supporter ✭, #121511)In reply to: Removing the Linux /dev/random blocking pool by dkg
Parent article: Removing the Linux /dev/random blocking pool
I also noticed it and felt it was unwarranted and showed not a small amount of hubris. Blaming developers for using a kernel facility that was made available to them is deflecting the problem. Ironically so, because it was the kernel (via ext4) that caused a blocking regression (DOS?) and started this work.
Posted Jan 15, 2020 2:17 UTC (Wed)
by luto (guest, #39314)
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Removing the Linux /dev/random blocking pool
This patch set actually predates the ext4 issue.