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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH REPOST for 2.6.25] Use an own random generator for pageattr-test.c
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:41:13 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0803111233440.3781@apollo.tec.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080311104531.GB18917@one.firstfloor.org>



On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Andi Kleen wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 09:25:21AM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > Use an own random generator for pageattr-test.c
> > > 
> > > [Repost. Please ack/nack. This is a bug fix and imho a .25 late merge 
> > > candidate because it fixes a subtle bug]
> > 
> > Care to point out which "subtle bug" is fixed ? 
> > 
> > You replace a random generator by another to get repeateable
> > sequences. The non repeatability of the cpa test patterns is hardly a
> > "subtle bug".
> 
> The subtle bug(s) are first that it is not repeatable (it really should),

As I said before. It's hardly a bug. In fact it is questionable
whether fully reproducible test patterns are desired.

> then that it only initializes the CPU where the code first runs
> (since srandom32 is per CPU) and later might change CPUs and then that it 
> adds totally unnecessary state bits to CPU #0 (or whatever runs first).

Can you please elaborate why changing the seed of the random generator
is a bug ? Networking reseeds the random generator itself, so what ?

Thanks,
	tglx

  reply	other threads:[~2008-03-11 11:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-11  1:30 Andi Kleen
2008-03-11  2:39 ` Andrew Morton
2008-03-11  8:25 ` Thomas Gleixner
2008-03-11 10:45   ` Andi Kleen
2008-03-11 11:41     ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2008-03-11 11:48       ` Andi Kleen
2008-03-11 21:08         ` Thomas Gleixner
2008-03-11 21:49           ` Andi Kleen
2008-03-11 21:59             ` Thomas Gleixner
2008-03-11 22:11               ` Andi Kleen

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