[PATCH] dev/random: Fix latency in rekeying sequence number

Based on reports from Ingo's Latency Tracer that the TCP sequence number
rekey code is causing latency problems, I've moved the sequence number
rekey to be done out of a workqueue.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

drivers/char/random.c

@@ -2247,30 +2247,35 @@ static struct keydata {
 static spinlock_t ip_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 static unsigned int ip_cnt;
 
-static struct keydata *__check_and_rekey(time_t time)
+static void rekey_seq_generator(void *private_)
 {
 	struct keydata *keyptr;
+	struct timeval 	tv;
+
+	do_gettimeofday(&tv);
+
 	spin_lock_bh(&ip_lock);
 	keyptr = &ip_keydata[ip_cnt&1];
-	if (!keyptr->rekey_time || (time - keyptr->rekey_time) > REKEY_INTERVAL) {
-		keyptr = &ip_keydata[1^(ip_cnt&1)];
-		keyptr->rekey_time = time;
-		get_random_bytes(keyptr->secret, sizeof(keyptr->secret));
-		keyptr->count = (ip_cnt&COUNT_MASK)<<HASH_BITS;
-		mb();
-		ip_cnt++;
-	}
+
+	keyptr = &ip_keydata[1^(ip_cnt&1)];
+	keyptr->rekey_time = tv.tv_sec;
+	get_random_bytes(keyptr->secret, sizeof(keyptr->secret));
+	keyptr->count = (ip_cnt&COUNT_MASK)<<HASH_BITS;
+	mb();
+	ip_cnt++;
+
 	spin_unlock_bh(&ip_lock);
-	return keyptr;
 }
 
+static DECLARE_WORK(rekey_work, rekey_seq_generator, NULL);
+
 static inline struct keydata *check_and_rekey(time_t time)
 {
 	struct keydata *keyptr = &ip_keydata[ip_cnt&1];
 
 	rmb();
 	if (!keyptr->rekey_time || (time - keyptr->rekey_time) > REKEY_INTERVAL) {
-		keyptr = __check_and_rekey(time);
+		schedule_work(&rekey_work);
 	}
 
 	return keyptr;