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Golang Now Enables Speedier getrandom() On Linux


The Linux 6.11 kernel introduced getrandom() in the vDSO for faster yet secure user-space random number generation needs

Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.

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