svn commit: r230230 - head/sys/dev/random

[Mark Murray]

Andrey Chernov writes:
>  On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:13:41PM +0400, Andrey Chernov wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:52:43PM -0500, David Schultz wrote:
> > > Why complicate things with atomics at all?  A race might result in
> > > arc4random(9) being seeded multiple times, but that's harmless.
> > 
> > Multiply seeding in line is harmless, just waste of time and resources.
> > Other case is one missing seeding when variable is set concurrently with
> > its read. I see no complication using atomic. Latest version is even 
> > shorter than previous ones.
> 
> Well, I almost forget about my special case: I have personal prohibition 
> from @secteam (5 years old already) to commit anything to all RNG areas.
> 
> So, the question is: could anyone of you commit some version from this 
> thread, please? 

Sure; I'll do it. Please give me your test code/cases.

> I don't insist of atomics in this sutuation, so you can peek any version 
> you like.

I'll need to clearly see what works.

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