Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:50:19 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] random: Account for entropy loss due to overwrites |
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On 04/25/2013 07:44 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > OK, so we need to track fractional bits. >
Ted, Linus: there are two ways we can do this: we can either change the credit_entropy_bits() interface to take some kind of fractional bits as interface, or we can change the accounting internally.
The latter has the advantage of being a less invasive change, but the former has the advantage of making it possible to credit sub-bit entropy.
Do you have a preference? Otherwise I will probably write up the internal change for now.
-hpa
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