[PATCH 19/22] /dev/random: use sched_clock for timing data

[Matt Mackall]

/dev/random  use sched_clock for timing data

Use the sched_clock() source for timing data, to get jiffies or better
resolution on all arches.


 tiny-mpm/drivers/char/random.c |   21 +++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/char/random.c~random-sched-clock drivers/char/random.c
--- tiny/drivers/char/random.c~random-sched-clock	2004-03-20 13:38:46.000000000 -0600
+++ tiny-mpm/drivers/char/random.c	2004-03-20 13:38:46.000000000 -0600
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -711,7 +712,8 @@ static struct timer_rand_state *irq_time
  */
 static void add_timer_randomness(struct timer_rand_state *state, unsigned num)
 {
-	__u32		time;
+	long long clock;
+	u32 time;
 	__s32		delta, delta2, delta3;
 	int		entropy = 0;
 
@@ -720,17 +722,8 @@ static void add_timer_randomness(struct 
 	     (__get_cpu_var(trickle_count)++ & 0xfff))
 		return;
 
-#if defined (__i386__) || defined (__x86_64__)
-	if (cpu_has_tsc) {
-		__u32 high;
-		rdtsc(time, high);
-		num ^= high;
-	} else {
-		time = jiffies;
-	}
-#else
+	/* Use slow clock for conservative entropy estimation */
 	time = jiffies;
-#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * Calculate number of bits of randomness we probably added.
@@ -765,7 +758,11 @@ static void add_timer_randomness(struct 
 		 */
 		entropy = min_t(int, fls(delta>>1), 11);
 	}
-	batch_entropy_store(num, time, entropy);
+
+	/* Mix in fast clock for entropy data */
+	clock = sched_clock();
+	num ^= clock >> 32;
+	batch_entropy_store(num, time ^ (u32)clock, entropy);
 }
 
 void add_keyboard_randomness(unsigned char scancode)

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