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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/random.c43
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 7d1682ea1e86..6e455bc4a39e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -910,12 +910,13 @@ void add_interrupt_randomness(int irq, int irq_flags)
/*
* If we have architectural seed generator, produce a seed and
- * add it to the pool. For the sake of paranoia count it as
- * 50% entropic.
+ * add it to the pool. For the sake of paranoia don't let the
+ * architectural seed generator dominate the input from the
+ * interrupt noise.
*/
if (arch_get_random_seed_long(&seed)) {
__mix_pool_bytes(r, &seed, sizeof(seed));
- credit += sizeof(seed) * 4;
+ credit = 1;
}
spin_unlock(&r->lock);
@@ -1328,37 +1329,6 @@ void rand_initialize_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
}
#endif
-/*
- * Attempt an emergency refill using arch_get_random_seed_long().
- *
- * As with add_interrupt_randomness() be paranoid and only
- * credit the output as 50% entropic.
- */
-static int arch_random_refill(void)
-{
- const unsigned int nlongs = 64; /* Arbitrary number */
- unsigned int n = 0;
- unsigned int i;
- unsigned long buf[nlongs];
-
- if (!arch_has_random_seed())
- return 0;
-
- for (i = 0; i < nlongs; i++) {
- if (arch_get_random_seed_long(&buf[n]))
- n++;
- }
-
- if (n) {
- unsigned int rand_bytes = n * sizeof(unsigned long);
-
- mix_pool_bytes(&input_pool, buf, rand_bytes);
- credit_entropy_bits(&input_pool, rand_bytes*4);
- }
-
- return n;
-}
-
static ssize_t
_random_read(int nonblock, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes)
{
@@ -1379,11 +1349,6 @@ _random_read(int nonblock, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes)
return n;
/* Pool is (near) empty. Maybe wait and retry. */
-
- /* First try an emergency refill */
- if (arch_random_refill())
- continue;
-
if (nonblock)
return -EAGAIN;