Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | "Luck, Tony" <> | Subject | [PATCH] fix typo/thinko in get_random_bytes() | Date | Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:50:56 -0800 |
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If there is an architecture-specific random number generator we use it to acquire randomness one "long" at a time. We should put these random words into consecutive words in the result buffer - not just overwrite the first word again and again.
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
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diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c index 63e19ba..6035ab8 100644 --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ void get_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes) if (!arch_get_random_long(&v)) break; - memcpy(buf, &v, chunk); + memcpy(p, &v, chunk); p += chunk; nbytes -= chunk; }
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