The patch titled random: improve variable naming, clear extract buffer has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is random-improve-variable-naming-clear-extract-buffer.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: random: improve variable naming, clear extract buffer From: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> - split the SHA variables apart into hash and workspace - rename data to extract - wipe extract and workspace after hashing Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/random.c | 24 +++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/random.c~random-improve-variable-naming-clear-extract-buffer drivers/char/random.c --- a/drivers/char/random.c~random-improve-variable-naming-clear-extract-buffer +++ a/drivers/char/random.c @@ -766,9 +766,9 @@ static size_t account(struct entropy_sto static void extract_buf(struct entropy_store *r, __u8 *out) { int i; - __u32 data[16], buf[5 + SHA_WORKSPACE_WORDS]; + __u32 extract[16], hash[5], workspace[SHA_WORKSPACE_WORDS]; - sha_init(buf); + sha_init(hash); /* * As we hash the pool, we mix intermediate values of * the hash back into the pool. This eliminates @@ -779,9 +779,9 @@ static void extract_buf(struct entropy_s */ for (i = 0; i < r->poolinfo->poolwords; i += 16) { /* hash blocks of 16 words = 512 bits */ - sha_transform(buf, (__u8 *)(r->pool + i), buf + 5); + sha_transform(hash, (__u8 *)(r->pool + i), workspace); /* feed back portion of the resulting hash */ - add_entropy_words(r, &buf[i % 5], 1); + add_entropy_words(r, &hash[i % 5], 1); } /* @@ -789,19 +789,21 @@ static void extract_buf(struct entropy_s * portion of the pool while mixing, and hash one * final time. */ - __add_entropy_words(r, &buf[i % 5], 1, data); - sha_transform(buf, (__u8 *)data, buf + 5); + __add_entropy_words(r, &hash[i % 5], 1, extract); + sha_transform(hash, (__u8 *)extract, workspace); + memset(extract, 0, sizeof(extract)); + memset(workspace, 0, sizeof(workspace)); /* * In case the hash function has some recognizable * output pattern, we fold it in half. */ - buf[0] ^= buf[3]; - buf[1] ^= buf[4]; - buf[2] ^= rol32(buf[2], 16); - memcpy(out, buf, EXTRACT_SIZE); - memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf)); + hash[0] ^= hash[3]; + hash[1] ^= hash[4]; + hash[2] ^= rol32(hash[2], 16); + memcpy(out, hash, EXTRACT_SIZE); + memset(hash, 0, sizeof(hash)); } static ssize_t extract_entropy(struct entropy_store *r, void *buf, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx are git-x86.patch maps4-add-proportional-set-size-accounting-in-smaps.patch maps4-rework-task_size-macros.patch maps4-rework-task_size-macros-mips-fix.patch maps4-move-is_swap_pte.patch maps4-introduce-a-generic-page-walker.patch maps4-use-pagewalker-in-clear_refs-and-smaps.patch maps4-simplify-interdependence-of-maps-and-smaps.patch maps4-move-clear_refs-code-to-task_mmuc.patch maps4-regroup-task_mmu-by-interface.patch maps4-add-proc-pid-pagemap-interface.patch maps4-add-proc-pid-pagemap-interface-fix.patch maps4-add-proc-kpagecount-interface.patch maps4-add-proc-kpagecount-interface-fix.patch maps4-add-proc-kpageflags-interface.patch maps4-add-proc-kpageflags-interface-fix.patch maps4-add-proc-kpageflags-interface-fix-2.patch maps4-add-proc-kpageflags-interface-fix-2-fix.patch maps4-make-page-monitoring-proc-file-optional.patch maps4-make-page-monitoring-proc-file-optional-fix.patch remove-unused-code-from-mm-tiny-shmemc.patch drivers-char-randomcwrite_pool-cond_resched-needed.patch random-clean-up-checkpatch-complaints.patch random-consolidate-wakeup-logic.patch random-use-unlocked_ioctl.patch random-reuse-rand_initialize.patch random-improve-variable-naming-clear-extract-buffer.patch random-make-backtracking-attacks-harder.patch random-remove-cacheline-alignment-for-locks.patch random-eliminate-redundant-new_rotate-variable.patch random-remove-some-prefetch-logic.patch random-simplify-add_ptr-logic.patch random-make-mixing-interface-byte-oriented.patch random-simplify-and-rename-credit_entropy_store.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html