Pawel Jakub Dawidek writes:
> Why can't we split harvesting entropy from /dev/random from harvesting
> entropy from sources that are much more performance-sensitive?
> Currently random_harvest_internal() is used for both and it is trying to
> be fast, as we don't want to slow down the caller. But with /dev/random
> the caller won't mind to be slowed down.
Put that way, it actually makes sense. :-)
M
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