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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] random: reseed more often immediately after booting
Hey Eric,

On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 6:01 PM Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> wrote:
> It's just increasing the reseed interval linearly with the uptime, with constant
> factor 0.5. So if the last reseed happened at uptime=t, then the next reseed
> will happen on the first request made with uptime >= 2*t.

Thanks, okay, I think I get it. The uptime of the next reseeding will
be at least double the uptime of the prior. Let's give it a try your
way. I'll send a v+1 shortly.

Jason

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