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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/random.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 6035ab8d5ef7..85da8740586b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -624,8 +624,8 @@ static struct timer_rand_state input_timer_state;
static void add_timer_randomness(struct timer_rand_state *state, unsigned num)
{
struct {
- cycles_t cycles;
long jiffies;
+ unsigned cycles;
unsigned num;
} sample;
long delta, delta2, delta3;
@@ -637,7 +637,11 @@ static void add_timer_randomness(struct timer_rand_state *state, unsigned num)
goto out;
sample.jiffies = jiffies;
- sample.cycles = get_cycles();
+
+ /* Use arch random value, fall back to cycles */
+ if (!arch_get_random_int(&sample.cycles))
+ sample.cycles = get_cycles();
+
sample.num = num;
mix_pool_bytes(&input_pool, &sample, sizeof(sample));