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Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:46:49 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, adurbin@...gle.com,
        Eric Northup <digitaleric@...gle.com>, jln@...gle.com, wad@...gle.com,
        Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>,
        Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] x86, kaslr: select random base offset

On 10/01/2013 12:37 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> +
> +#include <asm/archrandom.h>
> +static inline int rdrand(unsigned long *v)
> +{
> +	int ok;
> +	asm volatile("1: " RDRAND_LONG "\n\t"
> +		     "jc 2f\n\t"
> +		     "decl %0\n\t"
> +		     "jnz 1b\n\t"
> +		     "2:"
> +		     : "=r" (ok), "=a" (*v)
> +		     : "0" (RDRAND_RETRY_LOOPS));
> +	return ok;
> +}
> +

This looks just like rdrand_long() in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/rdrand.c and
could move into the header file, no?

	-hpa


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