Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 11:23:55 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, mark@grondar.za Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Creating a /dev/random Message-ID: <199510170123.LAA17511@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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I wrote: >>> To avoid this, use the existing buffer `zbuf', which is freed correctly. >>> There is no need for another variable - local variables are per process. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>> Perhaps `zbuf' should be renamed `buf'. >>I don't understand something here - what happens if the one process is >>reading both /dev/zero and /dev/random? will the two not then try to >>share buf/zbuf and screw up? >See above Oops, I misread `one process'. Well, one process can't be in the kernel twice. Bruce
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