Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 13 Nov 2013 18:14:44 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] CPU Jitter RNG: inclusion into kernel crypto API and /dev/random |
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Hi!
> >BTW: MFENCE is not guaranteed to flush the instruction pipeline; you > >need CPUID for that. > > I was not aware of that. Can I simply call the CPUID instruction to read > it or do I have to do something special?
Simply call CPUID (warning, it clobbers some registers.). Pavel
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