lnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)

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Cake day: June 25th, 2023

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  • Interesting,
    non-scientific speed test:

    kernel 6.1.0-37-amd64:

    $ time for i in $(seq 1 100000); do cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid > /dev/null; done
    
    real    3m53,388s
    user    1m37,366s
    sys     2m13,847s
    
    $ for i in $(seq 1 100000); do cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid ; done | wc -l
    100000
    

    vs. uuid 1.6.2-1.5+b11:

    $ time for i in $(seq 1 100000); do uuid -v4 > /dev/null; done
    
    real    4m44,854s
    user    1m37,867s
    sys     3m4,414s
    
    $ for i in $(seq 1 100000); do uuid -v4 ; done | wc -l
    100000
    

    EDIT: I’m blind (wrong result).