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Date:      Sat, 15 Feb 2003 01:15:03 +0300
From:      "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/newfs mkfs.c src/sys/ufs/ffs ffs_alloc.c ffs_vfsops.c
Message-ID:  <20030214221503.GA59673@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20030214153328.A78405@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200302142131.h1ELVwvm057944@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030214153328.A78405@FreeBSD.org>

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On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 15:33:28 -0600, Juli Mallett wrote:
> * De: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org> [ Data: 2003-02-14 ]
> 	[ Subjecte: cvs commit: src/sbin/newfs mkfs.c src/sys/ufs/ffs ffs_alloc.c ffs_vfsops.c ]
> > mckusick    2003/02/14 13:31:58 PST
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     sbin/newfs           mkfs.c 
> >     sys/ufs/ffs          ffs_alloc.c ffs_vfsops.c 
> >   Log:
> >   Replace use of random() with arc4random() to provide less guessable
> >   values for the initial inode generation numbers in newfs and for
> >   newly allocated inode generation numbers in the kernel.
> 
> Are the sequences for it also repeatable in the newfs case for e.g. the
> regression tests, where it is used unseeded?

Obvious answer - no.

BTW, this fix really fixes nothing for FreeBSD case because we already use
srandomdev() (for non-regression case).

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
http://ache.pp.ru/

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