[PATCHv2] hw_random: add driver for atmel true hardware random number generator
Baruch Siach
baruch at tkos.co.il
Thu Oct 6 16:52:29 EDT 2011
Hi Peter,
On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 10:44:32PM +0200, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> >>>>> "Baruch" == Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il> writes:
> >> +static int atmel_trng_read(struct hwrng *rng, void *buf, size_t max,
> >> + bool wait)
> >> +{
> >> + struct atmel_trng *trng = container_of(rng, struct atmel_trng, rng);
> >> + u32 *data = buf;
> >> +
> >> + /* data ready? */
> >> + if (readl(trng->base + TRNG_ODATA) & 1) {
> >> + *data = readl(trng->base + TRNG_ODATA);
> >> + return 4;
>
> Baruch> Shouldn't you check for max >= 4 before writing to *buf?
>
> Conceptually, yes. The other hw_random drivers don't seem to do it
> though, and the buffer size is guaranteed to be atleast 32 bytes,
Ah, you're right, I missed that.
> but I can stick a '&& max >= 4' in the conditional if you prefer.
It probably doesn't worth the trouble, and the little added overhead. Thanks
for the explanation.
baruch
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