Hi Thomas,
On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 10:18 AM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/timex.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/timex.h
> > index 6a21d9358280..5351b10e1b18 100644
> > --- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/timex.h
> > +++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/timex.h
> > @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static inline unsigned long random_get_entropy(void)
> > {
> > if (mach_random_get_entropy)
> > return mach_random_get_entropy();
> > - return 0;
> > + return ktime_read_raw_clock();
>
> I'd rather do something like this in a common header:
>
> unsigned long random_get_entropy_fallback(void);
>
> and use random_get_entropy_fallback() in the architecture specific
> files.
>
> That way you can encapsulate the fallback implementation in the random
> code and if it turns out that ktime_read_raw_clock() is a stupid idea or
> someone has a better idea then you have to change exactly one place and
> not patch the whole tree again.
Absolutely. That's a good idea. I'll do that for v3.
Jason
