On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 14:33:19 +0200 Mattias Rönnblom <mattias.ronnb...@ericsson.com> wrote:
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal.c > index 161399619..d6bf0e89e 100644 > --- a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal.c > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal.c > @@ -1083,8 +1083,6 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv) > #endif > } > > - rte_srand(rte_rdtsc()); The current model of seeding with TSC will have problems at scale. If a whole rack of machines reboots at the same time because of power cycle, it would not be surprising if several had the same TSC value. A better solution would be to use the get_random() system call to get seed, the kernel can get entropy from more sources.
