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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/random.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c index ee3ad2ba0942..388025d6d38d 100644 --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -1534,6 +1534,13 @@ static ssize_t urandom_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, { static int maxwarn = 10; + /* + * Opportunistically attempt to initialize the RNG on platforms that + * have fast cycle counters, but don't (for now) require it to succeed. + */ + if (!crng_ready()) + try_to_generate_entropy(); + if (!crng_ready() && maxwarn > 0) { maxwarn--; if (__ratelimit(&urandom_warning)) |