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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/team/team_mode_random.c | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/random.h | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/packet/af_packet.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/sched/sch_choke.c | 9 |
4 files changed, 20 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/team/team_mode_random.c b/drivers/net/team/team_mode_random.c index 7f032e211343..cd2f692b8074 100644 --- a/drivers/net/team/team_mode_random.c +++ b/drivers/net/team/team_mode_random.c @@ -13,20 +13,14 @@ #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/init.h> #include <linux/skbuff.h> -#include <linux/reciprocal_div.h> #include <linux/if_team.h> -static u32 random_N(unsigned int N) -{ - return reciprocal_divide(prandom_u32(), N); -} - static bool rnd_transmit(struct team *team, struct sk_buff *skb) { struct team_port *port; int port_index; - port_index = random_N(team->en_port_count); + port_index = prandom_u32_max(team->en_port_count); port = team_get_port_by_index_rcu(team, port_index); if (unlikely(!port)) goto drop; diff --git a/include/linux/random.h b/include/linux/random.h index 4002b3df4c85..1cfce0e24dbd 100644 --- a/include/linux/random.h +++ b/include/linux/random.h @@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ #include <uapi/linux/random.h> - extern void add_device_randomness(const void *, unsigned int); extern void add_input_randomness(unsigned int type, unsigned int code, unsigned int value); @@ -38,6 +37,23 @@ struct rnd_state { u32 prandom_u32_state(struct rnd_state *state); void prandom_bytes_state(struct rnd_state *state, void *buf, int nbytes); +/** + * prandom_u32_max - returns a pseudo-random number in interval [0, ep_ro) + * @ep_ro: right open interval endpoint + * + * Returns a pseudo-random number that is in interval [0, ep_ro). Note + * that the result depends on PRNG being well distributed in [0, ~0U] + * u32 space. Here we use maximally equidistributed combined Tausworthe + * generator, that is, prandom_u32(). This is useful when requesting a + * random index of an array containing ep_ro elements, for example. + * + * Returns: pseudo-random number in interval [0, ep_ro) + */ +static inline u32 prandom_u32_max(u32 ep_ro) +{ + return (u32)(((u64) prandom_u32() * ep_ro) >> 32); +} + /* * Handle minimum values for seeds */ diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c index 59fb3db2e713..df3cbdd585c7 100644 --- a/net/packet/af_packet.c +++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c @@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ static unsigned int fanout_demux_rnd(struct packet_fanout *f, struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int num) { - return reciprocal_divide(prandom_u32(), num); + return prandom_u32_max(num); } static unsigned int fanout_demux_rollover(struct packet_fanout *f, diff --git a/net/sched/sch_choke.c b/net/sched/sch_choke.c index ddd73cb2d7ba..2aee02802c27 100644 --- a/net/sched/sch_choke.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_choke.c @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ #include <linux/types.h> #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/skbuff.h> -#include <linux/reciprocal_div.h> #include <linux/vmalloc.h> #include <net/pkt_sched.h> #include <net/inet_ecn.h> @@ -77,12 +76,6 @@ struct choke_sched_data { struct sk_buff **tab; }; -/* deliver a random number between 0 and N - 1 */ -static u32 random_N(unsigned int N) -{ - return reciprocal_divide(prandom_u32(), N); -} - /* number of elements in queue including holes */ static unsigned int choke_len(const struct choke_sched_data *q) { @@ -233,7 +226,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *choke_peek_random(const struct choke_sched_data *q, int retrys = 3; do { - *pidx = (q->head + random_N(choke_len(q))) & q->tab_mask; + *pidx = (q->head + prandom_u32_max(choke_len(q))) & q->tab_mask; skb = q->tab[*pidx]; if (skb) return skb; |