> On 16 Nov 2014, at 18:21, Ian Lepore <ian_at_FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > On Sun, 2014-11-16 at 18:17 +0000, Mark R V Murray wrote: >>> On 16 Nov 2014, at 17:51, Steve Kargl <sgk_at_troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Is there a 'random: device_detach():' missing between the 'umass0' >>> and 'da0' messages in the last 4 lines. >> >> No. At attach time, the RNG grabs some probe entropy. At detach time it does nothing. >> >> M > > And yet... Steve has gathered evidence that the system bricks when a > device is detached with the new entropy-gathering code and doesn't do so > prior to that code. What else is the new code doing around detach time? Nothing, except possibly harvesting interrupt entropy. I’ll promise to be astonished if this is other-than-harmless. I’d be more suspicious of the harvester thread, but I still can’t see how its hurting :-( M -- Mark R V MurrayReceived on Sun Nov 16 2014 - 17:24:02 UTC
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