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The problematic commit reduced the number of disk IO at bootup which resulted in starving getrandom() from the necessary entropy. If disk IO is already consider
by leni536 7y ago
The problematic commit reduced the number of disk IO at bootup which resulted in starving getrandom() from the necessary entropy. If disk IO is already considered a reliable source of entropy then there is no reason to not actively exercise it when entropy is needed.