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Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 19:48:00 +0200
From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
Cc: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Subject: [PATCH v4 09/13] rhashtable: use get_random_u32 for hash_rnd
This is much faster and just as secure. It also has the added benefit of
probably returning better randomness at early-boot on systems with
architectural RNGs.
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
---
lib/rhashtable.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
index d9e7274a04cd..a1eb7c947f46 100644
--- a/lib/rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static struct bucket_table *bucket_table_alloc(struct rhashtable *ht,
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tbl->walkers);
- get_random_bytes(&tbl->hash_rnd, sizeof(tbl->hash_rnd));
+ tbl->hash_rnd = get_random_u32();
for (i = 0; i < nbuckets; i++)
INIT_RHT_NULLS_HEAD(tbl->buckets[i], ht, i);
--
2.13.0
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