[PATCH v1 1/1] eal/random: fix random state initialization for non-eal threads

[Morten Brørup]

> From: David Marchand [mailto:david.marchand at redhat.com]
> Sent: Monday, 2 October 2023 10.26
> 
> Hello guys,
> 
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 2:07 PM Anatoly Burakov
> <anatoly.burakov at intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Currently, the rte_rand() state is initialized with seed, and each
> > rand state is initialized up until RTE_MAX_LCORE'th rand state. However,
> > rand state also has one extra rand state reserved for non-EAL threads,
> > which is not initialized. Fix it by initializing this extra state.
> >
> > Fixes: 3f002f069612 ("eal: replace libc-based random generation with LFSR")
> > Cc: mattias.ronnblom at ericsson.com
> > Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
> 
> We have two series for fixing related issues.
> 
> Stephen alternative patch 1 handles Anatoly fix here.
> https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=29449&state=%2A&archive=b
> oth
> 
> I see Anatoly was acked by Mattias and Morten, though Stephen
> (RTE_DIM) fix is more elegant.
> How do you guys want me to proceed?

Please use patch 1 from Stephen, which I have now thoroughly reviewed, instead of this patch from Anatoly.