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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-01-06 23:02:00 (GMT) |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-01-06 23:02:00 (GMT) |
commit | 7a222156bcf010dbf77fe7d803c375bcc4a51160 (patch) | |
tree | 2689bf892bd9de873ac3887fbd6ff59bb811da38 /drivers | |
parent | 2c364faabb8ef400e4632bb989287bcd7c0a9148 (diff) | |
parent | cf833d0b9937874b50ef2867c4e8badfd64948ce (diff) | |
download | linux-fsl-qoriq-7a222156bcf010dbf77fe7d803c375bcc4a51160.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'x86-rdrand-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
* 'x86-rdrand-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
random: Use arch_get_random_int instead of cycle counter if avail
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r-- | 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)); |