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lguest: have --rng read from /dev/urandom not /dev/random.
authorRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Wed, 11 Feb 2015 04:45:09 +0000 (15:15 +1030)
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Wed, 11 Feb 2015 06:17:28 +0000 (16:47 +1030)
Theoretical debates aside, now it boots.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
tools/lguest/lguest.c

index 32cf2ce15d69bcfca9c24da9ad318fc1a2e84eb2..3f7f2326cd9a26487041eb3d2b4d16cc95d39e3a 100644 (file)
@@ -1733,9 +1733,9 @@ static void setup_block_file(const char *filename)
 }
 
 /*L:211
- * Our random number generator device reads from /dev/random into the Guest's
+ * Our random number generator device reads from /dev/urandom into the Guest's
  * input buffers.  The usual case is that the Guest doesn't want random numbers
- * and so has no buffers although /dev/random is still readable, whereas
+ * and so has no buffers although /dev/urandom is still readable, whereas
  * console is the reverse.
  *
  * The same logic applies, however.
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ static void rng_input(struct virtqueue *vq)
        while (!iov_empty(iov, in_num)) {
                len = readv(rng_info->rfd, iov, in_num);
                if (len <= 0)
-                       err(1, "Read from /dev/random gave %i", len);
+                       err(1, "Read from /dev/urandom gave %i", len);
                iov_consume(iov, in_num, NULL, len);
                totlen += len;
        }
@@ -1780,8 +1780,8 @@ static void setup_rng(void)
        struct device *dev;
        struct rng_info *rng_info = malloc(sizeof(*rng_info));
 
-       /* Our device's privat info simply contains the /dev/random fd. */
-       rng_info->rfd = open_or_die("/dev/random", O_RDONLY);
+       /* Our device's private info simply contains the /dev/urandom fd. */
+       rng_info->rfd = open_or_die("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
 
        /* Create the new device. */
        dev = new_device("rng", VIRTIO_ID_RNG);