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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/jitterentropy-kcapi.c b/crypto/jitterentropy-kcapi.c
index 597cedd3531c..c4938497eedb 100644
--- a/crypto/jitterentropy-kcapi.c
+++ b/crypto/jitterentropy-kcapi.c
@@ -87,24 +87,28 @@ void jent_memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, unsigned int n)
memcpy(dest, src, n);
}
+/*
+ * Obtain a high-resolution time stamp value. The time stamp is used to measure
+ * the execution time of a given code path and its variations. Hence, the time
+ * stamp must have a sufficiently high resolution.
+ *
+ * Note, if the function returns zero because a given architecture does not
+ * implement a high-resolution time stamp, the RNG code's runtime test
+ * will detect it and will not produce output.
+ */
void jent_get_nstime(__u64 *out)
{
- struct timespec ts;
__u64 tmp = 0;
tmp = random_get_entropy();
/*
- * If random_get_entropy does not return a value (which is possible on,
- * for example, MIPS), invoke __getnstimeofday
+ * If random_get_entropy does not return a value, i.e. it is not
+ * implemented for a given architecture, use a clock source.
* hoping that there are timers we can work with.
*/
- if ((0 == tmp) &&
- (0 == __getnstimeofday(&ts))) {
- tmp = ts.tv_sec;
- tmp = tmp << 32;
- tmp = tmp | ts.tv_nsec;
- }
+ if (tmp == 0)
+ tmp = ktime_get_ns();
*out = tmp;
}