[PATCH] powerpc: Use hardware RNG for arch_get_random_seed_* not arch_get_random_*

Paul Mackerras paulus at samba.org
Fri Jul 17 20:09:31 AEST 2015


On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 04:37:57AM -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 07:15:58PM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> > @@ -7,13 +7,22 @@
> >  
> >  static inline int arch_get_random_long(unsigned long *v)
> >  {
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline int arch_get_random_int(unsigned int *v)
> > +{
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline int arch_get_random_seed_long(unsigned long *v)
> > +{
> >  	if (ppc_md.get_random_long)
> >  		return ppc_md.get_random_long(v);
> 
> You probably want to change that last name (ppc_md.get_random_long) then?
> Pretty confusing like this :-)

Fair point.  New patch coming.

Paul.


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