linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/9] random: simplify loop in random

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Date:	Wed, 13 Nov 2013 03:07:40 -0500
From:	Greg Price <price@....EDU>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/9] random: simplify loop in random_read

The loop condition never changes until just before a break, so we
might as well write it as a constant.  Also since v2.6.33-rc7~40^2~2
("random: drop weird m_time/a_time manipulation") we don't do
anything after the loop finishes, so the 'break's might as well
return directly.  Some other simplifications.

The behavior should be identical except that I've changed a debug
message.

Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Price <price@....edu>
---
 drivers/char/random.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++-----------------------------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 6d3627d..cf1357b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1289,53 +1289,32 @@ void rand_initialize_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 static ssize_t
 random_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	ssize_t n, retval = 0, count = 0;
+	ssize_t n;
 
 	if (nbytes == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	while (nbytes > 0) {
-		n = nbytes;
-		if (n > SEC_XFER_SIZE)
-			n = SEC_XFER_SIZE;
-
-		n = extract_entropy_user(&blocking_pool, buf, n);
-
-		if (n < 0) {
-			retval = n;
-			break;
-		}
-
+	nbytes = min_t(size_t, nbytes, SEC_XFER_SIZE);
+	while (1) {
+		n = extract_entropy_user(&blocking_pool, buf, nbytes);
+		if (n < 0)
+			return n;
 		trace_random_read(n*8, (nbytes-n)*8,
 				  ENTROPY_BITS(&blocking_pool),
 				  ENTROPY_BITS(&input_pool));
-
-		if (n == 0) {
-			if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
-				retval = -EAGAIN;
-				break;
-			}
-
-			wait_event_interruptible(random_read_wait,
-				ENTROPY_BITS(&input_pool) >=
-				random_read_wakeup_thresh);
-
-			if (signal_pending(current)) {
-				retval = -ERESTARTSYS;
-				break;
-			}
-
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		count += n;
-		buf += n;
-		nbytes -= n;
-		break;		/* This break makes the device work */
-				/* like a named pipe */
+		if (n > 0)
+			return n;
+		/* Pool is (near) empty.  Maybe wait and retry. */
+
+		if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
+			return -EAGAIN;
+
+		wait_event_interruptible(random_read_wait,
+			ENTROPY_BITS(&input_pool) >=
+			random_read_wakeup_thresh);
+		if (signal_pending(current))
+			return -ERESTARTSYS;
 	}
-
-	return (count ? count : retval);
 }
 
 static ssize_t
-- 
1.8.3.2

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