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    random: speed up the fast_mix function by a factor of four · 655b2264
    Theodore Ts'o authored
    By mixing the entropy in chunks of 32-bit words instead of byte by
    byte, we can speed up the fast_mix function significantly.  Since it
    is called on every single interrupt, on systems with a very heavy
    interrupt load, this can make a noticeable difference.
    
    Also fix a compilation warning in add_interrupt_randomness() and avoid
    xor'ing cycles and jiffies together just in case we have an
    architecture which tries to define random_get_entropy() by returning
    jiffies.
    Signed-off-by: default avatar"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
    Reported-by: default avatarJörn Engel <joern@logfs.org>
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