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Date:      Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:43:02 +0000
From:      Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andrey Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r230230 - head/sys/dev/random
Message-ID:  <E1Rp5Bn-000HBl-2P@groundzero.grondar.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120122185545.GA11874@vniz.net>
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Andrey Chernov writes:
> > Should be in a header file, nad _possibly_ should be volatile. If it
> > works without being volatile, then OK.
> 
> It was preliminary patch just to confirm/deny my understanding of your 
> idea.

Ah, OK - in which case you got the idea correctly!

> I'll put it into header.

Cool.

> In the final version I also plan to move that lines
> +               if (arc4rand_iniseed_state == 1)
> +                       arc4rand_iniseed_state = -1;
> into arc4_randomstir() where they will be protected with mutex lock, so 
> volatile will be not needed. It will be more logical, because other 
> reseeding conditions are resetted there too.

Great.

> > The rest is OK. I've not tested it, so this is not a review, simply an
> > "OK" :-)
> 
> Thanx for review! I'll send final version to this thread a bit 
> later when I'll find more free time.

No problem.

M
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