This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled drivers/char/random.c: remove unused dont_count_entropy to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: drivers-char-random.c-remove-unused-dont_count_entropy.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From foo@baz Thu Jun 16 07:08:33 PM CEST 2022 From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 00:22:47 +0100 Subject: drivers/char/random.c: remove unused dont_count_entropy From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 5e747dd9be54be190dd6ebeebf4a4a01ba765625 upstream. Ever since "random: kill dead extract_state struct" [1], the dont_count_entropy member of struct timer_rand_state has been effectively unused. Since it hasn't found a new use in 12 years, it's probably safe to finally kill it. [1] Pre-git, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git/commit/?id=c1c48e61c251f57e7a3f1bf11b3c462b2de9dcb5 Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/random.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -1077,7 +1077,6 @@ static ssize_t extract_crng_user(void __ struct timer_rand_state { cycles_t last_time; long last_delta, last_delta2; - unsigned dont_count_entropy:1; }; #define INIT_TIMER_RAND_STATE { INITIAL_JIFFIES, }; @@ -1141,35 +1140,33 @@ static void add_timer_randomness(struct * We take into account the first, second and third-order deltas * in order to make our estimate. */ + delta = sample.jiffies - state->last_time; + state->last_time = sample.jiffies; + + delta2 = delta - state->last_delta; + state->last_delta = delta; + + delta3 = delta2 - state->last_delta2; + state->last_delta2 = delta2; + + if (delta < 0) + delta = -delta; + if (delta2 < 0) + delta2 = -delta2; + if (delta3 < 0) + delta3 = -delta3; + if (delta > delta2) + delta = delta2; + if (delta > delta3) + delta = delta3; + + /* + * delta is now minimum absolute delta. + * Round down by 1 bit on general principles, + * and limit entropy entimate to 12 bits. + */ + credit_entropy_bits(r, min_t(int, fls(delta>>1), 11)); - if (!state->dont_count_entropy) { - delta = sample.jiffies - state->last_time; - state->last_time = sample.jiffies; - - delta2 = delta - state->last_delta; - state->last_delta = delta; - - delta3 = delta2 - state->last_delta2; - state->last_delta2 = delta2; - - if (delta < 0) - delta = -delta; - if (delta2 < 0) - delta2 = -delta2; - if (delta3 < 0) - delta3 = -delta3; - if (delta > delta2) - delta = delta2; - if (delta > delta3) - delta = delta3; - - /* - * delta is now minimum absolute delta. - * Round down by 1 bit on general principles, - * and limit entropy entimate to 12 bits. - */ - credit_entropy_bits(r, min_t(int, fls(delta>>1), 11)); - } preempt_enable(); } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.14/drivers-char-random.c-make-primary_crng-static.patch queue-4.14/drivers-char-random.c-remove-unused-stuct-poolinfo-poolbits.patch queue-4.14/drivers-char-random.c-constify-poolinfo_table.patch queue-4.14/drivers-char-random.c-remove-unused-dont_count_entropy.patch