[PATCH v4 10/13] net/neighbor: use get_random_u32 for 32-bit hash random

From: Jason A. Donenfeld
Date: Tue Jun 06 2017 - 13:49:27 EST


Using get_random_u32 here is faster, more fitting of the use case, and
just as cryptographically secure. It also has the benefit of providing
better randomness at early boot, which is when many of these structures
are assigned.

Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/core/neighbour.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index d274f81fcc2c..9784133b0cdb 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -312,8 +312,7 @@ static struct neighbour *neigh_alloc(struct neigh_table *tbl, struct net_device

static void neigh_get_hash_rnd(u32 *x)
{
- get_random_bytes(x, sizeof(*x));
- *x |= 1;
+ *x = get_random_u32() | 1;
}

static struct neigh_hash_table *neigh_hash_alloc(unsigned int shift)
--
2.13.0