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Subject[PATCH] random: always fill buffer in get_random_bytes_wait
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In the unfortunate event that a developer fails to check the return
value of get_random_bytes_wait, or simply wants to make a "best effort"
attempt, for whatever that's worth, it's much better to still fill the
buffer with _something_ rather than catastrophically failing in the case
of an interruption. This is both a defense in depth measure against
inevitable programming bugs, as well as a means of making the API a bit
more useful.

Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
---
include/linux/random.h | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/random.h b/include/linux/random.h
index 4024f7d9c77d..2ddf13b4281e 100644
--- a/include/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/linux/random.h
@@ -85,10 +85,8 @@ static inline unsigned long get_random_canary(void)
static inline int get_random_bytes_wait(void *buf, int nbytes)
{
int ret = wait_for_random_bytes();
- if (unlikely(ret))
- return ret;
get_random_bytes(buf, nbytes);
- return 0;
+ return ret;
}

#define declare_get_random_var_wait(var) \
--
2.16.1
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