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SubjectRe: [tip:x86/kaslr] x86, kaslr: Provide randomness functions
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No, it literally doesn't exist yet.  As in it isn't in memory at the point this is run.

Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
>On Wed 2013-11-13 10:40:40, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> On 11/13/2013 10:16 AM, Pavel Machek wrote:
>> >
>> > If it is not performance critical, why not use "/dev/random"
>> > infrastructure?
>> >
>>
>> Because it doesn't exist yet?
>
>Would it be feasible to initialize /dev/random earlier instead of
>reinventing it?
> Pavel

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