From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] x86/rdrand change for v3.3
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 16:25:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120105152548.GA11797@elte.hu> (raw)
Linus,
Please pull the latest x86-rdrand-for-linus git tree from:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git x86-rdrand-for-linus
out-of-topic modifications in x86-rdrand-for-linus:
---------------------------------------------------
drivers/char/random.c # cf833d0: random: Use arch_get_random_int i
Thanks,
Ingo
------------------>
Linus Torvalds (1):
random: Use arch_get_random_int instead of cycle counter if avail
drivers/char/random.c | 8 ++++++--
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 6035ab8..85da874 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -624,8 +624,8 @@ static struct timer_rand_state input_timer_state;
static void add_timer_randomness(struct timer_rand_state *state, unsigned num)
{
struct {
- cycles_t cycles;
long jiffies;
+ unsigned cycles;
unsigned num;
} sample;
long delta, delta2, delta3;
@@ -637,7 +637,11 @@ static void add_timer_randomness(struct timer_rand_state *state, unsigned num)
goto out;
sample.jiffies = jiffies;
- sample.cycles = get_cycles();
+
+ /* Use arch random value, fall back to cycles */
+ if (!arch_get_random_int(&sample.cycles))
+ sample.cycles = get_cycles();
+
sample.num = num;
mix_pool_bytes(&input_pool, &sample, sizeof(sample));
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