Re: modularize randon.c?

Chris Wedgwood (cw@ix.net.nz)
Sun, 28 Mar 1999 10:26:21 +1200


> Is there any reason the random.c code in 2.0.36 shouldn't be modularized.

Yes... I suggested this privately to Ted Ts'o a long time back and he
made a very good comment; It's sufficiently important that we have
bits of this that we shouldn't give people the option to remove it.

Aside from that, it's called from all over the place, and many of
those calls are speed critical.

-cw

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