Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Sun, 15 Sep 2019 20:31:28 -0700 | Subject | Re: Linux 5.3-rc8 |
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On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 6:41 PM Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, the systemd-random-seed(8) process blocks, but this is an > isolated process, and it's only there as a synchronization point and > to load/restore random seeds from disk across reboots. > > What blocked the system boot was GDM/gnome-session implicitly calling > getrandom() for the Xorg MIT cookie.
Aahh. I saw that email, but then in the discussion the systemd case always ended up coming up first, and I never made the connection.
What a complete crock that silly MIT random cookie is, and what a sad sad reason for blocking.
Linus
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