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Linus Torvalds cf833d0b99 random: Use arch_get_random_int instead of cycle counter if avail 
We still don't use rdrand in /dev/random, which just seems stupid. We
accept the *cycle*counter* as a random input, but we don't accept
rdrand? That's just broken.

Sure, people can do things in user space (write to /dev/random, use
rdrand in addition to /dev/random themselves etc etc), but that
*still* seems to be a particularly stupid reason for saying "we
shouldn't bother to try to do better in /dev/random".

And even if somebody really doesn't trust rdrand as a source of random
bytes, it seems singularly stupid to trust the cycle counter *more*.

So I'd suggest the attached patch. I'm not going to even bother
arguing that we should add more bits to the entropy estimate, because
that's not the point - I don't care if /dev/random fills up slowly or
not, I think it's just stupid to not use the bits we can get from
rdrand and mix them into the strong randomness pool.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA%2B55aFwn59N1=m651QAyTy-1gO1noGbK18zwKDwvwqnravA84A@mail.gmail.com
Acked-by: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Acked-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2011-12-29 16:49:45 -08:00
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accessibility
acpi pstore: pass allocated memory region back to caller 2011-11-17 12:58:07 -08:00
amba
ata pata_of_platform: Add missing CONFIG_OF_IRQ dependency. 2011-12-22 15:00:32 -05:00
atm
auxdisplay
base PM / Driver core: leave runtime PM enabled during system shutdown 2011-12-07 22:26:56 +01:00
bcma
block Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2011-12-16 10:05:14 -08:00
bluetooth Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless into for-davem 2011-12-09 14:07:12 -05:00
cdrom
char random: Use arch_get_random_int instead of cycle counter if avail 2011-12-29 16:49:45 -08:00
clk
clocksource
connector
cpufreq [CPUFREQ] db8500: fix build error due to undeclared i variable 2011-11-11 22:28:33 -05:00
cpuidle
crypto Merge git://github.com/herbertx/crypto 2011-11-25 21:55:07 -08:00
dca
devfreq PM / devfreq: correct Kconfig dependency 2011-11-14 23:31:35 +01:00
dio
dma
edac drivers/edac/mpc85xx_edac.c: fix memory controller compatible for edac 2011-11-24 01:59:38 -06:00
eisa
firewire
firmware Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/ibft 2011-12-15 14:16:47 -08:00
gpio gpio: Fix DA9052 GPIO build errors. 2011-12-15 11:25:43 -07:00
gpu vmwgfx: Clip cliprects against screen boundaries in present and dirty 2011-12-19 14:06:05 +00:00
hid Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid 2011-12-02 08:25:46 -08:00
hv
hwmon hwmon: (jz4740) Staticise jz4740_hwmon_driver 2011-12-12 08:31:21 -08:00
hwspinlock Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-08 18:34:16 -08:00
i2c i2c-eg20t: correct the driver init order of pch_i2c_probe() 2011-12-18 11:46:42 +00:00
ide Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/ide 2011-11-18 22:04:12 -02:00
idle
ieee802154
infiniband Merge branches 'cma', 'mlx4' and 'qib' into for-next 2011-12-19 09:19:49 -08:00
input Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2011-12-19 15:11:12 -08:00
iommu Merge branch 'drm-intel-fixes' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~keithp/linux 2011-12-16 11:27:56 -08:00
isdn isdn: avoid copying too long drvid 2011-11-29 18:39:37 -05:00
leds Revert "leds: save the delay values after a successful call to blink_set()" 2011-11-15 22:41:50 -02:00
lguest
macintosh m68k/irq: Remove obsolete IRQ_FLG_* users 2011-11-08 22:35:48 +01:00
mca
md md/bitmap: It is OK to clear bits during recovery. 2011-12-23 09:57:48 +11:00
media Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media 2011-12-23 14:59:08 -08:00
memstick
message
mfd mfd: Include linux/io.h to jz4740-adc 2011-12-20 18:53:26 +01:00
misc Merge branch 'char-misc-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc 2011-11-21 20:36:05 -08:00
mmc mmc: vub300: fix type of firmware_rom_wait_states module parameter 2011-12-19 15:56:09 -08:00
mtd mtd: plat_ram: call mtd_device_register only if partition data exists 2011-12-19 11:13:52 +00:00
net Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless into for-davem 2011-12-21 13:18:22 -05:00
nfc
nubus
of of/irq: Get rid of NO_IRQ usage 2011-12-07 09:06:37 -08:00
oprofile oprofile: Fix uninitialized memory access when writing to writing to oprofilefs 2011-12-19 17:18:43 +01:00
parisc
parport
pci pci: Fix hotplug of Express Module with pci bridges 2011-12-18 14:10:16 -08:00
pcmcia
pinctrl pinctrl: hide subsystem from the populace 2011-11-10 09:02:12 +01:00
platform toshiba_acpi: Fix machines that don't support HCI_SYSTEM_EVENT 2011-12-05 13:07:28 -05:00
pnp
power x86/mrst: Battery fixes 2011-12-05 17:06:37 +01:00
pps
ps3
ptp ptp: Fix clock_getres() implementation 2011-12-06 11:38:32 +01:00
rapidio rapidio/tsi721: modify PCIe capability settings 2011-12-09 07:50:29 -08:00
regulator regulator: twl: fix twl4030 support for smps regulators 2011-11-28 18:58:31 +00:00
rtc Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2011-12-20 11:42:38 -08:00
s390 [SCSI] zfcp: return early from slave_destroy if slave_alloc returned early 2011-12-14 15:40:43 +04:00
sbus sbus: convert drivers/sbus/char/* to use module_platform_driver() 2011-12-04 10:46:58 -08:00
scsi [SCSI] fcoe: fix fcoe in a DCB environment by adding DCB notifiers to set skb priority 2011-12-15 11:02:07 +04:00
sfi
sh Merge branches 'sh/pm-runtime' and 'common/clkfwk' into sh-fixes-for-linus 2011-11-11 16:16:25 +09:00
sn
spi spi/gpio: fix section mismatch warning 2011-12-07 22:17:39 +01:00
ssb Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless into for-davem 2011-12-09 14:07:12 -05:00
staging staging: r8712u: Add new USB ID 2011-12-13 16:13:15 -08:00
target iscsi-target: Fix hex2bin warn_unused compile message 2011-12-06 06:00:59 +00:00
tc
telephony
thermal
tty Merge branch 'tty-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty 2011-11-21 20:36:46 -08:00
uio
usb Merge branch 'for-greg' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/balbi/usb into usb-linus 2011-12-21 14:42:49 -08:00
uwb
vhost
video viafb: correct sync polarity for OLPC DCON 2011-11-22 00:56:17 +00:00
virt
virtio virtio-pci: make reset operation safer 2011-11-24 13:04:48 +10:30
vlynq
w1
watchdog watchdog: fix initialisation printout in s3c2410_wdt 2011-11-16 22:04:17 +01:00
xen Revert "xen/pv-on-hvm kexec: add xs_reset_watches to shutdown watches from old kernel" 2011-12-19 09:30:35 -05:00
zorro
Kconfig
Makefile