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authorRussell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk>2009-05-23 23:18:40 +0100
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2009-05-23 23:18:40 +0100
commitfc05505b77f7900a1bb74fb3f3a4343dee4265a4 (patch)
tree6517919cb60bd9465078512cacbefd8c77f94b76 /drivers/char
parenta2ab67fae1ab9226679495a8d260f4e6555efc5f (diff)
parent11c79740d3c03cb81f84e98cf2e2dbd8d9bb53cd (diff)
Merge branch 'ixp4xx' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chris/linux-2.6 into devel
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/random.c19
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/sysrq.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c6
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index f824ef8a927..b2ced39d76b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1665,15 +1665,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(secure_dccp_sequence_number);
* value is not cryptographically secure but for several uses the cost of
* depleting entropy is too high
*/
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(__u32 [4], get_random_int_hash);
unsigned int get_random_int(void)
{
- /*
- * Use IP's RNG. It suits our purpose perfectly: it re-keys itself
- * every second, from the entropy pool (and thus creates a limited
- * drain on it), and uses halfMD4Transform within the second. We
- * also mix it with jiffies and the PID:
- */
- return secure_ip_id((__force __be32)(current->pid + jiffies));
+ struct keydata *keyptr;
+ __u32 *hash = get_cpu_var(get_random_int_hash);
+ int ret;
+
+ keyptr = get_keyptr();
+ hash[0] += current->pid + jiffies + get_cycles() + (int)(long)&ret;
+
+ ret = half_md4_transform(hash, keyptr->secret);
+ put_cpu_var(get_random_int_hash);
+
+ return ret;
}
/*
diff --git a/drivers/char/sysrq.c b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
index b0a6a3e5192..d6a807f4077 100644
--- a/drivers/char/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static struct sysrq_key_op *sysrq_key_table[36] = {
&sysrq_showlocks_op, /* d */
&sysrq_term_op, /* e */
&sysrq_moom_op, /* f */
- /* g: May be registered by ppc for kgdb */
+ /* g: May be registered for the kernel debugger */
NULL, /* g */
NULL, /* h - reserved for help */
&sysrq_kill_op, /* i */
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static struct sysrq_key_op *sysrq_key_table[36] = {
&sysrq_sync_op, /* s */
&sysrq_showstate_op, /* t */
&sysrq_mountro_op, /* u */
- /* v: May be registered at init time by SMP VOYAGER */
+ /* v: May be registered for frame buffer console restore */
NULL, /* v */
&sysrq_showstate_blocked_op, /* w */
/* x: May be registered on ppc/powerpc for xmon */
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index a2dee0eb6da..e6ce632a393 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -400,6 +400,9 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
case KIOCSOUND:
if (!perm)
goto eperm;
+ /* FIXME: This is an old broken API but we need to keep it
+ supported and somehow separate the historic advertised
+ tick rate from any real one */
if (arg)
arg = CLOCK_TICK_RATE / arg;
kd_mksound(arg, 0);
@@ -417,6 +420,9 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
*/
ticks = HZ * ((arg >> 16) & 0xffff) / 1000;
count = ticks ? (arg & 0xffff) : 0;
+ /* FIXME: This is an old broken API but we need to keep it
+ supported and somehow separate the historic advertised
+ tick rate from any real one */
if (count)
count = CLOCK_TICK_RATE / count;
kd_mksound(count, ticks);