[Differential] D24989: netinet: Generate a random RSS key on boot.

[ae (Andrey V. Elsukov)]

ae added a comment.


  In D24989#552576 <https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24989#552576>, @avg wrote:
  
  > I have a vague memory, maybe wrong, that commonly used fixed RSS keys were selected because they had some property (-ies).
  > So, maybe just being random is not good enough?
  > I think that hypothetical `rss_isbadkey` was mentioned for a reason?
  
  I also have such feeling. For example, you have some server that handles some serious workload, but after reboot due to the new key it will not be able to handle the same workload.

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