Re: /dev/random probs in 2.4test(12-pre3)

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
By author:    "Albert D. Cahalan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> Yeah, people write annoying little wrapper functions that
> bounce right back into the kernel until the job gets done.
> This is slow, it adds both source and object bloat, and it
> is a source of extra bugs. What a lovely API, eh?
> 
> The fix: write_write_write_damnit() and read_read_read_damnit(),
> which go until they hit a fatal error or complete the job.
> 

RTFM(fwrite), RTFM(fread).

        -hpa
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