[PATCH v1 2/5] treewide: use get_random_{u8,u16}() when possible
Kees Cook
keescook at chromium.org
Thu Oct 6 04:38:02 UTC 2022
On Wed, Oct 05, 2022 at 11:48:41PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Rather than truncate a 32-bit value to a 16-bit value or an 8-bit value,
> simply use the get_random_{u8,u16}() functions, which are faster than
> wasting the additional bytes from a 32-bit value.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason at zx2c4.com>
Same question about "mechanism of transformation".
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c
> index ddfe9208529a..ac452a0111a9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c
> @@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ static void make_established(struct sock *sk, u32 snd_isn, unsigned int opt)
> tp->write_seq = snd_isn;
> tp->snd_nxt = snd_isn;
> tp->snd_una = snd_isn;
> - inet_sk(sk)->inet_id = prandom_u32();
> + inet_sk(sk)->inet_id = get_random_u16();
> assign_rxopt(sk, opt);
>
> if (tp->rcv_wnd > (RCV_BUFSIZ_M << 10))
This one I had to go look at -- inet_id is u16, so yeah. :)
> diff --git a/lib/test_vmalloc.c b/lib/test_vmalloc.c
> index 56ffaa8dd3f6..0131ed2cd1bd 100644
> --- a/lib/test_vmalloc.c
> +++ b/lib/test_vmalloc.c
> @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int random_size_align_alloc_test(void)
> int i;
>
> for (i = 0; i < test_loop_count; i++) {
> - rnd = prandom_u32();
> + rnd = get_random_u8();
>
> /*
> * Maximum 1024 pages, if PAGE_SIZE is 4096.
This wasn't obvious either, but it looks like it's because it never
consumes more than u8?
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c
> index 7981be526f26..57c7686ac485 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c
> @@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ static void nf_nat_l4proto_unique_tuple(struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
> if (range->flags & NF_NAT_RANGE_PROTO_OFFSET)
> off = (ntohs(*keyptr) - ntohs(range->base_proto.all));
> else
> - off = prandom_u32();
> + off = get_random_u16();
>
> attempts = range_size;
Yup, u16 off;
> diff --git a/net/sched/sch_sfb.c b/net/sched/sch_sfb.c
> index 2829455211f8..7eb70acb4d58 100644
> --- a/net/sched/sch_sfb.c
> +++ b/net/sched/sch_sfb.c
> @@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ static int sfb_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
> goto enqueue;
> }
>
> - r = prandom_u32() & SFB_MAX_PROB;
> + r = get_random_u16() & SFB_MAX_PROB;
>
> if (unlikely(r < p_min)) {
> if (unlikely(p_min > SFB_MAX_PROB / 2)) {
include/uapi/linux/pkt_sched.h:#define SFB_MAX_PROB 0xFFFF
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
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