2.6.23-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Eric Dumazet [NET] random : secure_tcp_sequence_number should not assume CONFIG_KTIME_SCALAR [ Upstream commit: 6dd10a62353a50b30b30e0c18653650975b29c71 ] All 32 bits machines but i386 dont have CONFIG_KTIME_SCALAR. On these machines, ktime.tv64 is more than 4 times the (correct) result given by ktime_to_ns() Again on these machines, using ktime_get_real().tv64 >> 6 give a 32bits rollover every 64 seconds, which is not wanted (less than the 120 s MSL) Using ktime_to_ns() is the portable way to get nsecs from a ktime, and have correct code. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Cc: Herbert Xu Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/char/random.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ __u32 secure_tcpv6_sequence_number(__be3 seq = twothirdsMD4Transform((const __u32 *)daddr, hash) & HASH_MASK; seq += keyptr->count; - seq += ktime_get_real().tv64; + seq += ktime_to_ns(ktime_get_real()); return seq; } @@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ __u32 secure_tcp_sequence_number(__be32 * overlaps less than one time per MSL (2 minutes). * Choosing a clock of 64 ns period is OK. (period of 274 s) */ - seq += ktime_get_real().tv64 >> 6; + seq += ktime_to_ns(ktime_get_real()) >> 6; #if 0 printk("init_seq(%lx, %lx, %d, %d) = %d\n", saddr, daddr, sport, dport, seq); @@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@ u64 secure_dccp_sequence_number(__be32 s seq = half_md4_transform(hash, keyptr->secret); seq |= ((u64)keyptr->count) << (32 - HASH_BITS); - seq += ktime_get_real().tv64; + seq += ktime_to_ns(ktime_get_real()); seq &= (1ull << 48) - 1; #if 0 printk("dccp init_seq(%lx, %lx, %d, %d) = %d\n", -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/