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| -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 6035ab8d5ef7..85da8740586b 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)); |