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Re: [RFC] powerpc: optimizing random() and POSIX question

* Raphael M. Zinsly:

> On 11/02/2020 11:42, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> I think POSIX requires random to the thread-safe in the presence of
>> concurrent initstate calls.  Would your change preserve this property?
>>
>
> Yes, concurrent calls to initstate, setstate or srandom will still be
> mutual exclusive.

Then I don't see any immediate problems with this change.

Thanks,
Florian
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