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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-08-06 19:16:24 +0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-08-06 19:16:24 +0400 |
commit | f4f142ed4ef835709c7e6d12eaca10d190bcebed (patch) | |
tree | a0bc6850239fe3551bb67f5707bfef153ac437fe /include/linux/syscalls.h | |
parent | bb2cbf5e9367d8598fecd0c48dead69560750223 (diff) | |
parent | e02b876597777ab26288dd2611a97b597d14d661 (diff) | |
download | linux-f4f142ed4ef835709c7e6d12eaca10d190bcebed.tar.xz |
Merge tag 'random_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random
Pull randomness updates from Ted Ts'o:
"Cleanups and bug fixes to /dev/random, add a new getrandom(2) system
call, which is a superset of OpenBSD's getentropy(2) call, for use
with userspace crypto libraries such as LibreSSL.
Also add the ability to have a kernel thread to pull entropy from
hardware rng devices into /dev/random"
* tag 'random_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random:
hwrng: Pass entropy to add_hwgenerator_randomness() in bits, not bytes
random: limit the contribution of the hw rng to at most half
random: introduce getrandom(2) system call
hw_random: fix sparse warning (NULL vs 0 for pointer)
random: use registers from interrupted code for CPU's w/o a cycle counter
hwrng: add per-device entropy derating
hwrng: create filler thread
random: add_hwgenerator_randomness() for feeding entropy from devices
random: use an improved fast_mix() function
random: clean up interrupt entropy accounting for archs w/o cycle counters
random: only update the last_pulled time if we actually transferred entropy
random: remove unneeded hash of a portion of the entropy pool
random: always update the entropy pool under the spinlock
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/syscalls.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/syscalls.h | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h index 1713977ee26f..701daff5d899 100644 --- a/include/linux/syscalls.h +++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h @@ -868,4 +868,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_kcmp(pid_t pid1, pid_t pid2, int type, asmlinkage long sys_finit_module(int fd, const char __user *uargs, int flags); asmlinkage long sys_seccomp(unsigned int op, unsigned int flags, const char __user *uargs); +asmlinkage long sys_getrandom(char __user *buf, size_t count, + unsigned int flags); + #endif |