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random32: use msecs_to_jiffies for reseed timer 

Use msecs_to_jiffies, for these calculations as different HZ
considerations are taken into account for conversion of the timer
shot, and also it makes the code more readable.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Daniel Borkmann 2013-11-12 23:45:42 +01:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 66b251422b
commit 0125737acc
1 changed files with 6 additions and 2 deletions
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@ -214,18 +214,22 @@ static DEFINE_TIMER(seed_timer, __prandom_timer, 0, 0);
static void __prandom_timer(unsigned long dontcare)
{
u32 entropy;
unsigned long expires;
get_random_bytes(&entropy, sizeof(entropy));
prandom_seed(entropy);
/* reseed every ~60 seconds, in [40 .. 80) interval with slack */
seed_timer.expires = jiffies + (40 * HZ + (prandom_u32() % (40 * HZ)));
expires = 40 + (prandom_u32() % 40);
seed_timer.expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(expires * MSEC_PER_SEC);
add_timer(&seed_timer);
}
static void __init __prandom_start_seed_timer(void)
{
set_timer_slack(&seed_timer, HZ);
seed_timer.expires = jiffies + 40 * HZ;
seed_timer.expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(40 * MSEC_PER_SEC);
add_timer(&seed_timer);
}