> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:step...@networkplumber.org] > Sent: Friday, 20 May 2022 22.28 > > On Wed, 18 May 2022 12:16:49 +0200 > David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > + for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(default_key); ++i) > > default_key[i] = rte_rand() & 0xff; > > We should have rte_random_bytes() functionality if this gets > used often.
Since the other pseudorandom functions are called rand, such a function should be named rte_rand_bytes(). > > Also, worth considering dropping DPDK random number generator > in userspace for security reasons and just using more secure kernel > code. Absolutely not! We need a fast pseudorandom number generator in DPDK. If anything, we could consider renaming the functions and header file to reflect that they are pseudorandom number generators, and not (cryptographically) random generators. That would cause an API/ABI breakage, so it's probably not going to happen. ;-)
