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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/random.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 7f5271272f91..397c714cf2ba 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -693,9 +693,14 @@ static void xfer_secondary_pool(struct entropy_store *r, size_t nbytes)
if (r->pull && r->entropy_count < nbytes * 8 &&
r->entropy_count < r->poolinfo->POOLBITS) {
- int bytes = max_t(int, random_read_wakeup_thresh / 8,
- min_t(int, nbytes, sizeof(tmp)));
+ /* If we're limited, always leave two wakeup worth's BITS */
int rsvd = r->limit ? 0 : random_read_wakeup_thresh/4;
+ int bytes = nbytes;
+
+ /* pull at least as many as BYTES as wakeup BITS */
+ bytes = max_t(int, bytes, random_read_wakeup_thresh / 8);
+ /* but never more than the buffer size */
+ bytes = min_t(int, bytes, sizeof(tmp));
DEBUG_ENT("going to reseed %s with %d bits "
"(%d of %d requested)\n",