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From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu, kees@kernel.org,
	linux@armlinux.org.uk, ydroneaud@opteya.com,
	gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] random: add helpers for random numbers with given floor or range
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:35:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221117163511.2186302-1-Jason@zx2c4.com> (raw)

Now that we have get_random_u32_below(), it's nearly trivial to make
inline helpers to compute get_random_u32_above() and
get_random_u32_inclusive(), which will help clean up open coded loops
and manual computations throughout the tree.

One snag is that in order to make get_random_u32_inclusive() operate on
closed intervals, we have to do some (unlikely) special case handling if
get_random_u32_interval(0, U32_MAX) is called. The least expensive way
of doing this is actually to adjust the slowpath of
get_random_u32_below() to have its undefined 0 result just return the
output of get_random_u32().

Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
---
Changes v1->v2:
- Rename get_random_u32_between() to get_random_u32_inclusive(), and
  make it a closed interval.

 drivers/char/random.c  | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 include/linux/random.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 6f323344d0b9..140dbd557dbc 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_random_bytes);
  *	u16 get_random_u16()
  *	u32 get_random_u32()
  *	u32 get_random_u32_below(u32 ceil)
+ *	u32 get_random_u32_above(u32 floor)
+ *	u32 get_random_u32_inclusive(u32 ceil, u32 floor)
  *	u64 get_random_u64()
  *	unsigned long get_random_long()
  *
@@ -522,7 +524,20 @@ u32 __get_random_u32_below(u32 ceil)
 	 * of `-ceil % ceil` is analogous to `2^32 % ceil`, but is computable
 	 * in 32-bits.
 	 */
-	u64 mult = (u64)ceil * get_random_u32();
+	u64 mult;
+
+	/*
+	 * This function is technically undefined for ceil == 0, and in fact
+	 * for the non-underscored constant version in the header, we build bug
+	 * on that. But for the non-constant case, it's convenient to have that
+	 * evaluate to being a straight call to get_random_u32(), so that
+	 * get_random_u32_inclusive() can work over its whole range without
+	 * undefined behavior.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(!ceil))
+		return get_random_u32();
+
+	mult = (u64)ceil * get_random_u32();
 	if (unlikely((u32)mult < ceil)) {
 		u32 bound = -ceil % ceil;
 		while (unlikely((u32)mult < bound))
diff --git a/include/linux/random.h b/include/linux/random.h
index 3a82c0a8bc46..bd954ecbef90 100644
--- a/include/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/linux/random.h
@@ -91,6 +91,31 @@ static inline u32 get_random_u32_below(u32 ceil)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Returns a random integer in the interval (floor, U32_MAX], with uniform
+ * distribution, suitable for all uses. Fastest when floor is a constant, but
+ * still fast for variable floor as well.
+ */
+static inline u32 get_random_u32_above(u32 floor)
+{
+	BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(__builtin_constant_p(floor) && floor == U32_MAX,
+			 "get_random_u32_above() must take floor < U32_MAX");
+	return floor + 1 + get_random_u32_below(U32_MAX - floor);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Returns a random integer in the interval [floor, ceil], with uniform
+ * distribution, suitable for all uses. Fastest when floor and ceil are
+ * constant, but still fast for variable floor and ceil as well.
+ */
+static inline u32 get_random_u32_inclusive(u32 floor, u32 ceil)
+{
+	BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(__builtin_constant_p(floor) && __builtin_constant_p(ceil) &&
+			 (floor > ceil || ceil - floor == U32_MAX),
+			 "get_random_u32_inclusive() must take floor <= ceil");
+	return floor + get_random_u32_below(ceil - floor + 1);
+}
+
 /*
  * On 64-bit architectures, protect against non-terminated C string overflows
  * by zeroing out the first byte of the canary; this leaves 56 bits of entropy.
-- 
2.38.1


             reply	other threads:[~2022-11-17 16:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-17 16:35 Jason A. Donenfeld [this message]
2022-11-17 16:41 ` [PATCH v2] random: add helpers for random numbers with given floor or range Randy Dunlap
2022-11-17 19:26   ` [PATCH v3] " Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-11-17 21:48     ` Kees Cook

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