Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 1/3] VirtIO-RNG: Update default entropy source to `/dev/urandom`

[Laurent Vivier]

On 14/05/2019 10:08, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote:
> On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 09:56:00AM +0200, Laurent Vivier wrote:
> > From: Kashyap Chamarthy <address@hidden>
> >
> > When QEMU exposes a VirtIO-RNG device to the guest, that device needs a
> > source of entropy, and that source needs to be "non-blocking", like
> > `/dev/urandom`.  However, currently QEMU defaults to the problematic
> > `/dev/random`, which on linux is "blocking" (as in, it waits until
>
> OCD nit: s/linux/Linux/
>
> Maybe Michael can do the touch up when applying.

A little reminder: this patch can be applied alone, but the followings 
need the series from Richard to be applied first.

Thanks,
Laurent