Hardware random number quality is measured from 0 (no entropy) to 1024 (perfect entropy). Allow hardware devices to assert the full range by truncating the device-provided value at 1024 instead of 1023. Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c index 1500cfd..b726683 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c @@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ static inline int hwrng_init(struct hwrng *rng) add_early_randomness(rng); current_quality = rng->quality ? : default_quality; - current_quality &= 1023; + if (current_quality > 1024) + current_quality = 1024; if (current_quality == 0 && hwrng_fill) kthread_stop(hwrng_fill); -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
