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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 14:18:22 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
"kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, Aaron Durbin <adurbin@...gle.com>,
Eric Northup <digitaleric@...gle.com>, Julien Tinnes <jln@...gle.com>, Will Drewry <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 Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 1:46 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> 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?
Yes, good idea. I'll move it into archrandom.h instead of this copy/paste.
-Kees
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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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