Commit a454bb36 authored by Rusty Russell's avatar Rusty Russell

lguest: have --rng read from /dev/urandom not /dev/random.

Theoretical debates aside, now it boots.
Signed-off-by: default avatarRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
parent be8ff595
......@@ -1733,9 +1733,9 @@ static void setup_block_file(const char *filename)
}
/*L:211
* Our random number generator device reads from /dev/random into the Guest's
* Our random number generator device reads from /dev/urandom into the Guest's
* input buffers. The usual case is that the Guest doesn't want random numbers
* and so has no buffers although /dev/random is still readable, whereas
* and so has no buffers although /dev/urandom is still readable, whereas
* console is the reverse.
*
* The same logic applies, however.
......@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ static void rng_input(struct virtqueue *vq)
while (!iov_empty(iov, in_num)) {
len = readv(rng_info->rfd, iov, in_num);
if (len <= 0)
err(1, "Read from /dev/random gave %i", len);
err(1, "Read from /dev/urandom gave %i", len);
iov_consume(iov, in_num, NULL, len);
totlen += len;
}
......@@ -1780,8 +1780,8 @@ static void setup_rng(void)
struct device *dev;
struct rng_info *rng_info = malloc(sizeof(*rng_info));
/* Our device's privat info simply contains the /dev/random fd. */
rng_info->rfd = open_or_die("/dev/random", O_RDONLY);
/* Our device's private info simply contains the /dev/urandom fd. */
rng_info->rfd = open_or_die("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
/* Create the new device. */
dev = new_device("rng", VIRTIO_ID_RNG);
......
Markdown is supported
0%
or
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment