Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC] Hypervisor RNG and enumeration

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On 10/30/2014 01:21 PM, David Vrabel wrote:
> I would add:
> 
>   If the hypervisor's pool of random data is exhausted, it MAY
>   return 0.  The hypervisor MUST provide at least 4 (?) non-zero
>   numbers to each guest.

Mandating "non-zero numbers" sounds like a bad idea.  Just use the RNG
for what it was designed; returning non-random numbers will not be a
problem.

Paolo
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