[patch 20/38] kasan: sw_tags: Replace get_cycles() by random_get_entropy()
From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Fri Apr 10 2026 - 08:38:18 EST
Seeding the random state with get_cycles() is functionally equivalent on
the architectures which provide get_cycles(), but it does not make sense
semantically.
Use random_get_entropy() instead, which is the proper interface.
This is part of a larger effort to remove get_cycles() usage from
non-architecture code.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: kasan-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
mm/kasan/sw_tags.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/mm/kasan/sw_tags.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/sw_tags.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void __init kasan_init_sw_tags(void)
int cpu;
for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
- per_cpu(prng_state, cpu) = (u32)get_cycles();
+ per_cpu(prng_state, cpu) = (u32)random_get_entropy();
kasan_init_tags();
kasan_enable();