| Message ID | 20220412172754.149498-3-Jason@zx2c4.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
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| Series | archs/random: fallback to best raw ktime when no cycle counter | expand |
On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 7:29 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote: > In the event that random_get_entropy() can't access a cycle counter or > similar, falling back to returning 0 is really not the best we can do. > Instead, at least calling random_get_entropy_fallback() would be > preferable, because that always needs to return _something_, even > falling back to jiffies eventually. It's not as though > random_get_entropy_fallback() is super high precision or guaranteed to > be entropic, but basically anything that's not zero all the time is > better than returning zero all the time. > > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> > Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> > Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/timex.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/timex.h index 6a21d9358280..f4a7a340f4ca 100644 --- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/timex.h +++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/timex.h @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static inline unsigned long random_get_entropy(void) { if (mach_random_get_entropy) return mach_random_get_entropy(); - return 0; + return random_get_entropy_fallback(); } #define random_get_entropy random_get_entropy
In the event that random_get_entropy() can't access a cycle counter or similar, falling back to returning 0 is really not the best we can do. Instead, at least calling random_get_entropy_fallback() would be preferable, because that always needs to return _something_, even falling back to jiffies eventually. It's not as though random_get_entropy_fallback() is super high precision or guaranteed to be entropic, but basically anything that's not zero all the time is better than returning zero all the time. Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> --- arch/m68k/include/asm/timex.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)