[tytso@MIT.EDU: [GIT PULL] /dev/random changes for 3.15]

[tytso@MIT.EDU: [GIT PULL] /dev/random changes for 3.15]

[Theodore Ts'o]

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				- Ted

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From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@MIT.EDU>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] /dev/random changes for 3.15
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 14:48:15 -0400
Message-ID: <20140403184815.GA2721@thunk.org>

The following changes since commit b28a960c42fcd9cfc987441fa6d1c1a471f0f9ed:

  Linux 3.14-rc2 (2014-02-09 18:15:47 -0800)

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random.git tags/random_for_linus

for you to fetch changes up to 7b878d4b48c4e04b936918bb83836a107ba453b3:

  random: Add arch_has_random[_seed]() (2014-03-19 22:24:08 -0400)

----------------------------------------------------------------
A number of cleanups plus support for the RDSEED instruction, which
will be showing up in Intel Broadwell CPU's.

----------------------------------------------------------------
Greg Price (11):
      random: fix typos / spelling errors in comments
      random: fix comment on proc_do_uuid
      random: fix description of get_random_bytes
      random: simplify loop in random_read
      random: fix comment on "account"
      random: simplify accounting logic
      random: forget lock in lockless accounting
      random: tighten bound on random_read_wakeup_thresh
      random: simplify accounting code
      random: entropy_bytes is actually bits
      random: clarify bits/bytes in wakeup thresholds

H. Peter Anvin (4):
      x86, random: Enable the RDSEED instruction
      random: Use arch_get_random_seed*() at init time and once a second
      random: If we have arch_get_random_seed*(), try it before blocking
      random: Add arch_has_random[_seed]()

Theodore Ts'o (1):
      random: use the architectural HWRNG for the SHA's IV in extract_buf()

 arch/powerpc/include/asm/archrandom.h |  18 ++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/archrandom.h     |  42 ++++++++-
 drivers/char/random.c                 | 244 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 include/linux/random.h                |  16 ++++
 4 files changed, 211 insertions(+), 109 deletions(-)