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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/random.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/random.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c index 7f5271272f9..af274e5a25e 100644 --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -693,9 +693,14 @@ static void xfer_secondary_pool(struct entropy_store *r, size_t nbytes) if (r->pull && r->entropy_count < nbytes * 8 && r->entropy_count < r->poolinfo->POOLBITS) { - int bytes = max_t(int, random_read_wakeup_thresh / 8, - min_t(int, nbytes, sizeof(tmp))); + /* If we're limited, always leave two wakeup worth's BITS */ int rsvd = r->limit ? 0 : random_read_wakeup_thresh/4; + int bytes = nbytes; + + /* pull at least as many as BYTES as wakeup BITS */ + bytes = max_t(int, bytes, random_read_wakeup_thresh / 8); + /* but never more than the buffer size */ + bytes = min_t(int, bytes, sizeof(tmp)); DEBUG_ENT("going to reseed %s with %d bits " "(%d of %d requested)\n", @@ -1545,11 +1550,13 @@ __u32 secure_tcp_sequence_number(__be32 saddr, __be32 daddr, * As close as possible to RFC 793, which * suggests using a 250 kHz clock. * Further reading shows this assumes 2 Mb/s networks. - * For 10 Gb/s Ethernet, a 1 GHz clock is appropriate. - * That's funny, Linux has one built in! Use it! - * (Networks are faster now - should this be increased?) + * For 10 Mb/s Ethernet, a 1 MHz clock is appropriate. + * For 10 Gb/s Ethernet, a 1 GHz clock should be ok, but + * we also need to limit the resolution so that the u32 seq + * overlaps less than one time per MSL (2 minutes). + * Choosing a clock of 64 ns period is OK. (period of 274 s) */ - seq += ktime_get_real().tv64; + seq += ktime_get_real().tv64 >> 6; #if 0 printk("init_seq(%lx, %lx, %d, %d) = %d\n", saddr, daddr, sport, dport, seq); |