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random: optimize spinlock use in add_device_randomness()

The add_device_randomness() function calls mix_pool_bytes() twice for
the input pool and the non-blocking pool, for a total of four times.
By using _mix_pool_byte() and taking the spinlock in
add_device_randomness(), we can halve the number of times we need
take each pool's spinlock.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Theodore Ts'o 12 years ago
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1 changed files with 10 additions and 4 deletions
  1. 10 4
      drivers/char/random.c

+ 10 - 4
drivers/char/random.c

@@ -710,12 +710,18 @@ struct timer_rand_state {
 void add_device_randomness(const void *buf, unsigned int size)
 {
 	unsigned long time = random_get_entropy() ^ jiffies;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	trace_add_device_randomness(size, _RET_IP_);
-	mix_pool_bytes(&input_pool, buf, size, NULL);
-	mix_pool_bytes(&input_pool, &time, sizeof(time), NULL);
-	mix_pool_bytes(&nonblocking_pool, buf, size, NULL);
-	mix_pool_bytes(&nonblocking_pool, &time, sizeof(time), NULL);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&input_pool.lock, flags);
+	_mix_pool_bytes(&input_pool, buf, size, NULL);
+	_mix_pool_bytes(&input_pool, &time, sizeof(time), NULL);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&input_pool.lock, flags);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&nonblocking_pool.lock, flags);
+	_mix_pool_bytes(&nonblocking_pool, buf, size, NULL);
+	_mix_pool_bytes(&nonblocking_pool, &time, sizeof(time), NULL);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nonblocking_pool.lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(add_device_randomness);