Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Keith Packard <> | Subject | [PATCH] hwrng: core - allow perfect entropy from hardware devices | Date | Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:13:28 -0700 |
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Hardware random number quality is measured from 0 (no entropy) to 1024 (perfect entropy). Allow hardware devices to assert the full range by truncating the device-provided value at 1024 instead of 1023.
Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> --- drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c index 1500cfd..b726683 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c @@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ static inline int hwrng_init(struct hwrng *rng) add_early_randomness(rng); current_quality = rng->quality ? : default_quality; - current_quality &= 1023; + if (current_quality > 1024) + current_quality = 1024; if (current_quality == 0 && hwrng_fill) kthread_stop(hwrng_fill); -- 2.1.4
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