Re: [RFC] enhanced version of net_random()

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:48:35 -0700
Stephen Hemminger [off-list ref] wrote:

Here is a proposed alternative to use a longer period PRNG for net_random().
The choice of TT800 was because it was freely available, had a long period,
was fast and relatively small footprint. The existing net_random() was not
really thread safe, but was immune to thread corruption. 

Any chance of a version that doesn't grab a global lock and
disable interrupts every call? :(