Re: Improve `seed->random-state' in stable-2.0?

[Mark H Weaver]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
> Actually, you don't need a PRNG at all.  Generate a _good_ random
> starting value, and count sequentially from there.

This is _exactly_ what my patch does, on a per-thread basis.
The starting value is read directly from /dev/urandom if available.

However, if /dev/urandom cannot be read, the PRNG is used to generate
the starting value.  This is a last resort, and ideally we should never
use it.

   Thanks,
     Mark