[PATCH] powerpc/archrandom: fix arch_get_random_seed_int()

Michael Ellerman patch-notifications at ellerman.id.au
Mon Dec 9 16:45:11 AEDT 2019


On Wed, 2019-12-04 at 11:50:15 UTC, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Commit 01c9348c7620ec65
> 
>   powerpc: Use hardware RNG for arch_get_random_seed_* not arch_get_random_*
> 
> updated arch_get_random_[int|long]() to be NOPs, and moved the hardware
> RNG backing to arch_get_random_seed_[int|long]() instead. However, it
> failed to take into account that arch_get_random_int() was implemented
> in terms of arch_get_random_long(), and so we ended up with a version
> of the former that is essentially a NOP as well.
> 
> Fix this by calling arch_get_random_seed_long() from
> arch_get_random_seed_int() instead.
> 
> Fixes: 01c9348c7620ec65 ("powerpc: Use hardware RNG for arch_get_random_seed_* not arch_get_random_*")
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>

Applied to powerpc fixes, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/b6afd1234cf93aa0d71b4be4788c47534905f0be

cheers


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