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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/random.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c index 397c714..af274e5 100644 --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -1550,11 +1550,13 @@ __u32 secure_tcp_sequence_number(__be32 saddr, __be32 daddr, * As close as possible to RFC 793, which * suggests using a 250 kHz clock. * Further reading shows this assumes 2 Mb/s networks. - * For 10 Gb/s Ethernet, a 1 GHz clock is appropriate. - * That's funny, Linux has one built in! Use it! - * (Networks are faster now - should this be increased?) + * For 10 Mb/s Ethernet, a 1 MHz clock is appropriate. + * For 10 Gb/s Ethernet, a 1 GHz clock should be ok, but + * we also need to limit the resolution so that the u32 seq + * overlaps less than one time per MSL (2 minutes). + * Choosing a clock of 64 ns period is OK. (period of 274 s) */ - seq += ktime_get_real().tv64; + seq += ktime_get_real().tv64 >> 6; #if 0 printk("init_seq(%lx, %lx, %d, %d) = %d\n", saddr, daddr, sport, dport, seq); |
