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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] linux-user: Let user specify random seed
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Tom Musta |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] linux-user: Let user specify random seed |
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Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:43:24 -0500 |
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On 10/9/2014 3:36 AM, Magnus Reftel wrote:
> This patch introduces the -seed command line option and the
> QEMU_RAND_SEED environment variable for setting the random seed, which
> is used for the AT_RANDOM ELF aux entry.
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> This is an updated version of the patch, addressing review comments
> from Eric Blake.
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Magnus:
Possibly a dumb question: In a regular environment, is there a way for a user
to control the 16 bytes of random data pointed to by AT_RANDOM? (I cannot find
one).
If not, why is this capability needed in Linux user mode?