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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-05-18 07:37:44 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-05-18 07:37:49 +0200
commitdc3f81b129b5439ba7bac265bbc6a51a39275dae (patch)
tree216030731d911249496d2e97206cd61431e31c89 /drivers/char
parentd2517a49d55536b38c7a87e5289550cfedaa4dcc (diff)
parent1406de8e11eb043681297adf86d6892ff8efc27a (diff)
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Merge commit 'v2.6.30-rc6' into perfcounters/core
Merge reason: this branch was on an -rc4 base, merge it up to -rc6 to get the latest upstream fixes. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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 f824ef8a9273..b2ced39d76b2 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 aed2b2936ecf..39a05b5fa9cb 100644
--- a/drivers/char/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ 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 */
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ 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 a2dee0eb6dad..e6ce632a393e 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);