kernel/get_random_bytes-consecutive-words.patch
2011-11-16 15:59:46 -05:00

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From: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>, Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.hengli.com.au>,
"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fix typo/thinko in get_random_bytes()
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:50:56 -0800
Message-Id: <4ec4061010261a4cb0@agluck-desktop.sc.intel.com>
If there is an architecture-specific random number generator we use
it to acquire randomness one "long" at a time. We should put these
random words into consecutive words in the result buffer - not just
overwrite the first word again and again.
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
---
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 63e19ba..6035ab8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ void get_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes)
if (!arch_get_random_long(&v))
break;
- memcpy(buf, &v, chunk);
+ memcpy(p, &v, chunk);
p += chunk;
nbytes -= chunk;
}
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